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Turkish Prime Minister deny allegations

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan gave a speech at the annual assembly of the International Press Institute in Istanbul. He expressed frustration with the foreign media for using the phrase “two different Turkeys” since demonstrations started against the government in mid-April. He emphasized that his party is not religion-oriented and secularism is the guarantee for the lifestyles of all. The phrase “two Turkeys” is used to express the concept that the Turkish nation is divided between supporters of the ruling AK Party and those who feel their secular and modern lifestyle is under threat. PM said this misconception is caused by foreign media’s coverage of recent mass demonstrations and recalled that nobody in the international media had suggested “two Frances” after recent demonstrations against the election of President Sarkozy.