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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