Erdogan rejects 'dictator' claims
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Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is an authoritarian leader, dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe. "If they call someone who has served the people a `dictator,' I have nothing to say," Erdogan said, "My only concern has been to serve my country. I am not the master of the people. Dictatorship does not run in my blood or in my character. I am the servant of the people."
Erdogan continued to maintain a defiant tone, calling the protests "ideological" and manipulated by an opposition "unable to beat (the government) at the ballot box." (AP)
