Through the Anatolian Tigers, long-sleepy cities in the Anatolian heartland that became economic powerhouses, the Turkish heartland began to swell with entrepreneurs who built fortunes.

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"This could be an internal settling of scores, or it could be an initiative that was taken to create an obstacle in the way of the new honest steps we are taking, " said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the semiofficial Anatolian news agency.

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the French authorities Saturday to find the killers, the semiofficial Anatolian news agency reported.

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