Turkish term
6 yrs of Legal, Medical & Financial Exp.
Native in: English 
, Persian (Farsi)
Works in: Turkish to English, Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Persian (Farsi), and 2 more.
"Iktidar Yıpratır"
I believe this is a famous saying.
Proposed translations
Türkiye
Think International from the Start!
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, Turkish, and 1 more.
Power Wears the Government Out.
Türkiye
Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
"The best is yet to come."
Native in: Turkish
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish
Government is wearing
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Salih YILDIRIM
: "Wear out" sounds better and correctly, yani; (Power wears out)
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United States
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail...
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English
power hassles
Türkiye
Level Up in Turkish! ⇫ ✯✯✯✯✯
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, Russian to Turkish
power corrupts
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-21 05:17:53 GMT)
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"Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely”. (İktidar yozlaşır, mutlak iktidar mutlak yozlaşır)"
That's what that guy was trying to say, I suppose
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Gül Kaya
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Teşekkürler Gül Hanım
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Salih YILDIRIM
: Sorry, but irrelated!
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My point exactly ;) Some translate "power corrupts" to Turkish as "iktidar yıpratır", others as "güç yozlaştırır" or "iktidat yozşlaştırır"; btw, what is "irrelated"?
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Erkan Dogan
: Sanirim "unrelated" denmek istenmis. Typo :)
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Teşekkürler Erkan Bey; evet, irrelevant+unrelated=irrelated :)
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United States
Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul )
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
Power degrades/demeans/takes down
Cyprus
English, not translationese
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Turkish to English, German to English
power wreaks a heavy toll
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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-06-21 19:41:35 GMT)
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How about 'power corrodes'?
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bqaR3T8...
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Salih YILDIRIM
: Sorry Tim, irrelated because what meant here is degraded features of AKLP in comparison to its initial step into policy in 2002!
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