Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, refused.

而土耳其首相埃尔多安拒绝了这个要求。

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is close to losing what he called its "best friend" in the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held back from major diplomatic sanctions, other than recalling Turkey's ambassador.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

And Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated he might not attend a mid-April nuclear energy summit in Washington hosted by President Obama.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

But for the Obama administration, it was more important to make Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, who supports the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist groups, feel comfortable, than it was to invite Israel to participate.

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In neighboring Turkey on Sunday, Emine Erdogan, wife of Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke to the country's Saban newspaper about her counterpart in Syria, al-Assad's wife, Asma.

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But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested that Turkey would not be drawn militarily in retaliation.

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