Word: muezzinoglu
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...Dede, 21, using a term of respect. "He is one of us." Elected mayor of Istanbul in 1994, Erdogan banned drinking from city-owned caf?s, but also resurrected a failing fresh water supply and cleared the trash from the city's cobblestone streets. "He's a perfectionist," says Mehmet Muezzinoglu, a physician and party colleague who has known Erdogan since high school. Rusen Cakir, an Erdogan biographer and expert on political Islam, stresses the politician's provincial upbringing and working-class values. "Unlike Erbakan, who was a spiritual father, Erdogan is more familiar, like a brother." He is also, says...
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