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A prayer for power
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to become Turkey's next president - and to remake the office to give himself even more power. Words by Paul McGeough. Images by Kate Geraghty; AFP.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech in Austria earlier this year.Credit:AFP
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Hizmet founder Fethullah Gulen.Credit:AFP
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Unleashing the fury: A protestor in Gezi Park in May 2013.Credit:AFP
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A man at the grave of one of his relatives, who died in the Soma mine disaster.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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The village of Elmadere.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Changing mood: Family and supporters of military servicemen accused of being involved in an attempted coup protest in Besiktas Square in Istanbul.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Irem Kutluk, wife of an arrested servicemen.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Retirees Ergun and Guler protect their home from developers who want to demolish it.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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The Mavi Marmara ship with a banner displaying the images of some of the ten men killed when attacked by Israeli soldiers during the 2010 Flotilla incident.Credit:Kate Geraghty