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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

President Erdogan is busy preparing for elections that have been called a year and a half early. Is he pre-empting a slide in popularity or seeking to strengthen his grip on power?

HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi is at the headquarters of the ruling AK Party in the Turkish capital, Ankara to speak to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He's busy preparing for elections that have been called a year and a half early. Is he pre-empting a slide in popularity or seeking to strengthen his grip on power? How worried is he about military escalation in the Middle East following President Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal?

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Sat 19 May 201807:30GMT
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PresenterZeinab Badawi
Interviewed GuestRecep Erdogan

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