Newsweek Report: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is redrawing the Constitution. Why the devout Muslim is good for the Christians

By Owen Matthews 6/19/2011 As a teenager growing up in a tough Istanbul neighborhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan studied to be an Islamic cleric. His dream, though, was to become a professional player on the local Kasimpasa football team. In the end, neither ambition worked out: he became Turkey’s prime minister instead.