Erdoğan makes cover of Time's Europe, Asia-Pacific issues

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to appear on the cover of Time magazine’s Europe, Asia and Pacific regional editions when the well-known U.S. magazine hits shelves on Nov. 28.

The magazine's cover title reads "Erdoğan's Way" and shows a black-and-white photo of Erdoğan with his arms crossed in front of him.

Time's feature on Erdoğan introduces a detailed report on his visit to the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

"Cairo greeted Recep Tayyip Erdoğan like a rock star, with thousands of his fans carrying posters of him, cheering and chanting slogans at the airport," Time's report said.

The story also noted the results of a poll carried out by Maryland University, according to which Erdoğan was the most admired leader among the Arab people in 2010.

"[Erdoğan is] the kind of leader which the people rising against tyrants would like to see in their countries,” it said.

“It is true that Erdoğan acts autocratically from time to time, [behaving] disrespectfully to his political opponents, jailing his foes and intimidating media outlets. But in the eyes of his supporters, these faults are not important compared to his successes," the report said.

"Turkey's success shows Arab Islamists that they can modernize their countries without severing their religious roots. According to his admirers in the West, Erdoğan's Turkey shows political Islam does not need to be an enemy of modernity," the report said.

Ninth Turk to appear on Time cover

Eight Turks have appeared on the magazine’s cover since the journal was established in 1923.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was on the cover of Time's fourth issue in 1923. He returned to the front page four years later.

Other Turks who have made the cover of Time magazine include İsmet İnönü (1941), Şükrü Saracoğlu (1943), Adnan Menderes (1958), Mehmet Ali Ağca (1984), Naim Süleymanoğlu (1988), Mine Karakaş (2007) and Mehmet Öz (2011).