extraordinary when you understand where he came from. one of istanbul s poorest neighbourhoods. erdogan was born in istanbul in the 19505. his family were migrants from the black sea region. men of the black sea are known as quick talking, street fighting, tough guys. erdogan s father really kind of fit that mould. he was a sea captain in istanbul. erdogan, by his own accounts, had quite a hardscrabble upbringing. very firmly from the part of turkey that did not hold political power at that time. erdogan s father was - conservative, pious and quite an authoritarian figure. it s even rumoured that his father perhaps beat him up. we know that erdogan wanted to be a football player. -
the poem is from the days of the ottoman empire, praising soldiers going into battle. he became the hero of those people who felt that they were victimised by the secular state. that poem was manifestation of the fact that. i am yourguy. you can follow me. we re going to do this together. and, yes, we are going towards an islamic republic. erdogan s potent use of religious rhetoric as a political rally so alarms the authorities they have him arrested and charged with inciting religious hatred.
people like him who came i of working class background, who felt that they didn t get theirfair share - in secularist turkey, both politically and economically, they now had a leader to look up to, and that is recep tayyip erdogan. i erdogan had this almost moral power for having been imprisoned. that was a badge of honour. so, when these elections took place, it was clear that, although he could not legally be on the ballot, he was the leader of his party. with the support of the opposition, his party votes to change the law, overturning his ban from politics. erdogan is then elected to parliament in a by election. the leader of the party, abdullah gul, now stands aside. recep tayyip erdogan is finally turkey s prime minister. recep tayyip erdogan.
erdogan promises to represent working class religious people in istanbul. 1994, the city wasl literally collapsing. at the time, istanbul had no- significant metro or subway network. even trash was not collected. so, people were readyjust - for a city that was managed well. erdogan only wins 25% of the vote, but it s enough. he becomes the new mayor of istanbul. recep tayyip erdogan, a hustler born in a poor district of istanbul,
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