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Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip

(Encyclopedia)Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip rĕjĕpˈ tīyĭpˈ ûrˈdōän [key], 1954–, Turkish politician. He was educated at Marmara Univ., where he met Necmettin Erbakan, who went on to head the Islamist Welfare pa...

Gül, Abdullah

(Encyclopedia)Gül, Abdullah äbˈdo͞olä go͞ol [key], 1950–, Turkish politician, grad. İstanbul Univ. (B.A., 1971; Ph.D., 1983). An economist, he was first elected to parliament in 1991, originally as a membe...

Chi'an

(Encyclopedia)Chi'an: see Ji'an, China.

Chao'an

(Encyclopedia)Chao'an, Ch'ao-an, or Chaochow, China: see Chaozhou. ...

An Uaimh

(Encyclopedia)An Uaimh, Republic of Ireland: see Navan. ...

Hsi-an

(Encyclopedia)Hsi-an, China: see Xi'an.

Hsiang-t'an

(Encyclopedia)Hsiang-t'an, China: see Xiangtan. ...

An Nhon

(Encyclopedia)An Nhon: see Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

An Najaf

(Encyclopedia)An Najaf än näˈjäf [key], city (2020 pop. 874,000), S central Iraq, on a lake near the Euphrates River. The city, one of Shi'a Islam's holiest, is also called Mashad A...

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