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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks with Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug during a funeral in Ankara in this February 28, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)
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People try to protect themselves as riot and paramilitary police officers fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse protesters outside the Silivri jail complex in Silivri, Turkey, on Monday, August 5, 2013, near where verdicts in the Ergenekon trial are being handed down. (AP Photo)
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