Mark Lowen: An afternoon in Sakarya, Erdogan`s heartland

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"President Erdogan has repeatedly won at the ballot box and could once again in four weeks.
As Turkey`s President emerged, a teenage girl thrust her phone into my hand: "Please, take a photo of me with him in the background," she cried.
" shouted Mr Erdogan.
And this is what Mr Erdogan stokes with such prowess.
Image copyright AP Image caption Turkey"s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Sakarya - his conservative heartlandAs the helicopter whirred overhead, the warm-up act boomed out: "Recep Tayyip Erdogan is arriving!