Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been kicked out of Time magazine’s “People’s Choice for 2012 Person of the Year” list.

Istanbul / NationalTurk – In 2011, Tayyip Erdoğan was the most voted person in the “people’s poll” with more than 122,000 votes, while “The Protester” was named “Person of the Year” in 2011 by Time editors.

This year’s list includes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, and the Higgs boson particle in Cern, but Tayyip Erdoğan is not one of the 40 individuals available to vote for.

Guess who leads the Time’s 2012 Person of the Year

This year Egypt Islamist President Mohamed Morsi is currently leading the Time Person of the Year voting with more than 220,000 votes, with North Korean dictator leader Kim Jong Un on his tail as second. The Time’s Person of the Year poll will close on Dec. 12th 2012.

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