ANKARA (Reuters) - Ankara will strip the word "Turkish" from the name of its main medical association after the organisation publicly opposed the military campaign in Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
It is the latest in a growing feud between Erdogan and the 83,000-member Turkish Medical Association and emblematic of the president's broader push against traditionally left-leaning professional groups.
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