Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a meeting with chief of staff, General Ilker Basbug, in Ankara on June 29, 2009. Erdogan said on June 28 that a newly passed bill curbing military courts' power sought to bring coup plotters to justice as controversy brewed over an alleged scheme to topple his government. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said the bill aimed to meet long-standing European Union demands to limit the powers of Turkey's influential army, which has often clashed with the AKP. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a meeting with chief of staff, General Ilker Basbug, in Ankara on June 29, 2009. Erdogan said on June 28 that a newly passed bill curbing military courts' power sought to bring coup plotters to justice as controversy brewed over an alleged scheme to topple his government. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said the bill aimed to meet long-standing European Union demands to limit the powers of Turkey's influential army, which has often clashed with the AKP.

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  2. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) make their way to the start of the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  3. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) make their way to attend the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  4. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  5. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  6. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn making their way on October 6, 2009 to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul.
  7. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the participants at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul on October 6, 2009.
  8. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the participants at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul on October 6, 2009.
  9. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the participants at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul on October 6, 2009.
  10. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the participants at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul on October 6, 2009.
  11. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the participants at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul on October 6, 2009.
  12. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) making their way to attend on October 6, 2009 the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul.
  13. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) posing for a group photograph on October 6, 2009 before attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul.
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  15. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  16. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: World leaders front row (L-R) are South African President Jacob Zuma, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hujin Tao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, second Row (L-R) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodruigez Zapatero, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, third row (L-R) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Director General of the ILO Juan Somavia, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, Director General of the WTO Pascal Lamy, and FSB Chairman Mario Draghi pose for the official group photo at the G-20 on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, aimed at promoting economic growth.

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