Turkey’s tough minister is useful but unlikely to rise

A defector from the nationalist centre-right just seven years ago, Soylu is useful but has no base in the ruling AKP

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  • Police raids
  • Daunting statistics
  • AKP latecomer
  • Man with a mission
  • Kurdish crackdown
  • Useful tool

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