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This is the global story.
History, they say, doesn't repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes.
So when the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey's most popular opposition figure,
was arrested this week,
some long memories were stirred about a young radical called Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A graduate of religious schools and the knockabout neighbourhoods of poor Istanbul.
A man who became mayor, cleaned up the city,
was imprisoned and released and went on to reshape his nation.
Today on the global the mayors of Istanbul and the fight for the soul of Turkey.
I am joined here in our London studio by Elcin Poyrazlar, a journalist,
a columnist and author who in a high point of her career worked for the BBC's Turkish service.