For Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, becoming president has meant relinquishing both the prime minister's office and the leadership of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he helped to found in 2001.
He told party members as he stepped down: "Nobody is eternal. It's important to leave a good memory behind."
Ahmet Davutoglu has taken over as AKP leader, but few doubt that Erdogan will retain a strong influence over the party.
The AKP was born out of the ashes of Turkey's pro-Islamist W…
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