Turkey's Erdogan says would run for president if asked by party
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said he would run for the presidency in elections due next year if asked to do so by his party. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for a decade, cannot run again as prime minister in a general election in 2015 according to rules of his AK Party. He has been expected to stand for a new executive presidency, although his plans to establish such an enhanced role have stalled.
"I have not made such a decision for sure yet," Erdogan said in an interview with Turkish broadcaster A Haber late on Thursday. (Reuters)
