ISTANBUL (Reuters) - After 15 years in power as prime minister and president, Tayyip Erdogan faced down a weak opposition in June elections that swept away any checks and balances to the unchallenged rule he wanted. In Turkey he appears lord of all he surveys.
The question is now whether Erdogan will make up with Trump - as recently as July’s NATO summit they were seen fist-bumping - perhaps at this month’s U.N. general assembly. One source close to the AKP, speaking not for attribution, thinks he will.