Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the proud resident of a new presidential palace with 1,000 rooms and a $350 million price tag. It’s another manifestation of what critics call his “neo-Ottoman” tendencies, but Turks are angry over the grandiose new building.
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.