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File photo of tourists in Beirut, Lebanon taken on Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)


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In this file picture taken on June 25, 2014 Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson leaves the Old Bailey in central London. (AFP/Justin Tallis)


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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS)


Opinion: Has Erdoğan Shot Himself in the Foot?

Opinion: Has Erdoğan Shot Himself in the Foot?

In politics, what is worse than making a mistake? According to the 18th-century French statesman, Charles Maurice Talleyrand, the answer is: doing something unnecessary. And yet this is what Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decided to do in Turkey, by tinkering with the...
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Government health workers are seen during the administration of blood tests for the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 25, 2014. (Reuters/Umaru Fofana)


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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara on July 3, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)