You've got to be kidding!!!

He is loved by most of the Middle East for his stance against the current Israeli Government, and disliked by many towards other issues.

If mankind evolved from the monkeys, why is he still here ?

Most liked out of Israel - Most hated in Israel

Idiot Times, tell me who dislike Mr Erdogan?... just few israelis between the whole world?!

so how is this a suprise?

5000 dead in syria and counting where is the UN where is everybodys condemnation

like under the communists & nazis,now Islamists. If the Turkish media is muted or fawns on him,people must love him as much as they loved Stalin or Arafat. The Turkish media is building him up as the future ruler of the ME. Here come the Ottomans

baiting on an Israeli website.

Erdogan Says "Dictators murdering their own people will not bring stability and calm.......No one fits better this statement than Erdogan himself...He has murdered Kurdish Men Women And Children.He has crushed the Kurds into dust...This man is a liar and has no morals and no shame.....A shameless PEACOCK strutting the world stage...

Who reads time anymore? It is not influential anymore

Nothing surprises me today. If Adolf was alive today (G*d forbid), he'd get the same (Nobel Peace Prize, Man of the Year and so on.. Apparently in today's world if pays to be an anti-Israeli or an anti-Semite leader. I would never have imagined this just a few years ago. Doesn't matter that Israel is and has been 'in the right' all along, because if she (Israel) is criticized and defamed enough, over and over again, people will believe it. What to do? As we all know, Israel has been terrible in it's 'propaganda' department (for ever it seems) while the Arabs have excelled. Of course it helps that they (Arabs) have had 'willing' listeners. As far as our world image is concerned, how about putting someone out there that is smart, beautiful (Israeli women are the most beautiful in the world) and on every news station EVERY DAY!

Edrogen is a opportunistic who ought be criticising Genocide denial particularly of the armenians in 1915 as this act was far worse than israels behaviour which has and is tribal survival though not as moral as the better people would want

"When the Mavi Marmara sailed in order to bring humanitarian aid to a poor, starving population, it was attacked in international water in an act of state terrorism" 1. The only thing "humanitarian aid" aboard the MAVI MARMARA were a couple of boxes of expired over-the-counter medications and a handful of old, mouldy blankets. 2. Mr. Erdogan needs to read the Palmer Report, which reiterated that Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is fully legal and internationally recognized. He just cannot leave it alone, can he?

I can't help, but he looks and reminds me of Hitler. Just needs the swastika arm batch and done.

I pity the arabs who view Erdogan as the modern-day "Saladin" and the new savior of Jerusalem . To me Erdogan seems the opportunistic Turk who , having failed to extend Turkish interests and influence to Europe, is trying to exploit the current plight of the arab masses in order to spread Turkish influence and hegemony to the arab world which, for 400 years, made a big chunk of the Ottoman Empire . What kind of brazen hypocrisy is it when I see Erdogan criticizing the "state terrorism ... and the bombs that keep dropping on innocent people " while he shamelessly turns a blind eye to Turkey's persecution of the Kurds , Turkey's genocide of the Armenians, and Turkish ongoing dismemberment and occupation of tiny Cyprus ?

then I'd like him

Whoever heard of TIME magazine? Who on earth gtives a hoot about what TIME mag does? They have a total readership of about a dozen people.

I hate this hypocrite he is a dirtbag. Hitler won the same award. anyway.

O yea, I remember Time magazine, back in the days when there was no media choice, ha ha ha ha what a rag, who reads it? No one!

It has nothing to really do with popularity, more influence than anything else. Of course, it can at times be a popularity contest. It has zero impact on reality though.

He can certainly win my vote for that one.

Apparently the pollsters never made it to Armenia, Cypress, Greece, Israel or Kurdistan. I guess their boats got held in port.

IS TO DESPISE IT It has always been slanted against Israel

1.Support the islamic terrorist regime of iran and their nuclear program. 2.Supports islamic terrorist organizations all over the ME west Africa and the former soviet republics.. 3.Responsible for the flotilla against Israel. 4.Openly anti-Semitic threatening Israel with war and distruction. and you vote this jihadist a person of the year?