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HARDtalk

Recep Tayyip Erdogan - President of Turkey

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

For a special edition of HARDtalk, Zeinab Badawi is in the Turkish capital of Ankara to speak to the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is busy preparing for elections which he has called a year and a half early. Is he trying to pre-empt a possible slide in his popularity, or simply trying to tighten his grip on power? How worried is he about escalating tension in the Middle East following Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Zeinab Badawi
Interviewed Guest:
Recep Erdogan

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