Turkish Prime Minster to Step Down as Erdoğan Pulls for Power Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on November 2, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. ( Sean Gallup / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC