Erdogan wraps up Maghreb tour as protests swell in Turkey Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded on Thursday a tour of the Maghreb region in Tunis as unprecedented anti-government protests swept Turkey. He met with his Tunisian counterpart Ali Larayedh and visited the Tunisian employer's union. Protesters who had gathered outside the union's headquarters held signs in support of the "Turkish Spring." Images of Erdogan in Tunis