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Prime Minister Erdogan: “The civil dictatorship has ended with us in this country”

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to the recent criticism that a civil dictatorship was present in the country. Erdogan said that his government was the servant of the people but they would never let anyone exploit this. He emphasized that his government worked for the civilization process in the country and it was them that ended the civil dictatorship in the country.

Erdogan referred to the demonstrations of TEKEL workers and said that the televisions presented the TEKEL workers’ case with agitation and wanted to set the government against its brothers.

Source: ntvmsnbc, Radikal (Turkey), January 24, 2010

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