Erdogan als de nieuwe sultan van Turkije

A group of construction workers cheered for Turkish Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdo?an in Istanbul on March 26, hailing him as a "padi?ah" (sultan).

Erdo?an was walking to a helipad to depart for his electoral rally in the northwestern province of Düzce when cheering was heard from a building site across the road. "Long live our padi?ah," the workers chanted, in reference to the superlative royal title for the Ottoman Dynasty. Erdo?an saluted them in a traditional gesture of reverence before boarding the helicopter.