People in Turkey voted for a new president over the weekend. It was the first time in Turkey’s history that a president was directly chosen by the people, and they selected their powerful but embattled prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.People in Turkey voted for a new president over the weekend. It was the first time in Turkey’s history that a president was directly chosen by the people, and they selected their powerful but embattled prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.