About this time last year Tayyip emerged as the name of choice for newborn Gazan boys. It came in the wake of the Israeli army’s assault on a flotilla of Turkish-flagged ships, trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, and Turkey’s retaliatory downgrading of diplomatic relations. By standing up to Israel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, became a new hero for the Arab masses.
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