Forum: "Democracy in the Middle East, Pluralism in Europe: The Turkish Perspective," Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Forum: "Democracy in the Middle East, Pluralism in Europe: The Turkish Perspective," Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republic of Turkey, Institute of Politics, Caspian Studies Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Europe, Pluralism, Democracy, Middle East, Graham Allison, Islam, Justice and Development Party

Date: Fri, Jan 30, 2004 Time: 06:00pm - 07:15pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan was elected to parliament and became prime minister in March 2003. Previously, he served as Mayor of Istanbul and was credited with fighting municipal corruption and improving the environment.Erdogan was once imprisoned for sedition in the country that he now governs after reading a poem about Islam in public.