"How can those who see the election of the Turkish president by popular vote as a problem for the regime ask votes from the people?"

It would not matter so much if a Turkish president were just a figurehead.

His visit to London is the first by a Turkish president for 23 years.

Early parliamentary elections were called after the failure of the parties in parliament to agree on the next Turkish president.

Since 1985 the official Istanbul residence of the Turkish president.

Platini said "When there is a Turkish president, then you can host a major tournament".

Constitutionally, the Turkish president stands above party politics.

In the face of a backlash, the Turkish president defended the petition, citing freedom of speech.

The Turkish President takes a slightly modified version of this oath:

When he died there, over a million people allegedly attended his funeral, and he was buried next to the graves of two former Turkish presidents.