Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan wave flags, hold banners and shout slogans as they surround the bus carrying him, his family members and ministers from the airport to the city center in Ankara June 9, 2013. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stands before a sea of cheering faithful waving Turkish flags and, to shouts of "Allahu Akbar", God is Greatest, summons the spirit of pious Ottoman poets in denouncing protesters who challenge his power.
Across Istanbul, the same flags, white crescent moon and star on a red background, are raised; but they proclaim what some Erdogan critics see as a different kind of Turkey.
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