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Turkish Protests Rattle Erdogan's Female Loyalists

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Turkey's anti-government protests are troubling for some of Erdogan's female supporters, who dominate his voting base. For other women, the protests are an outlet for anger at current policies and a break from the political repression that followed the 1970s mass unrest.

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