Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [b] (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he co-founded in 2001. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.. Erdoğan was born in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, and studied at the ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born February 26, 1954, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish politician who served as prime minister (2003–14) and president (2014– ) of Turkey.. Early life and political career. In high school Erdoğan became known as a fiery orator in the cause of political Islam.He later played on a professional football (soccer) team and attended Marmara University.

Nov 24, 2024 · Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's President, during a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. ... R ecep Tayyip Erdoğan is a political survivor. ... Turkey’s longtime ...

May 28, 2023 · Born in February 1954, Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew up the son of a coastguard, on Turkey's Black Sea coast. When he was 13, his father decided to move to Istanbul, hoping to give his five children a ...

Official website of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey.

The president of Turkey is referred to as Cumhurbaşkanı ("Republic leader"), and previously archaically as Cumhurreisi or Reis-i Cumhur, also meaning "head of the republic/people". [8] [9] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 12th and current president of Turkey, who has held the office since 28 August 2014.

May 13, 2023 · The story of Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a united opposition in Sunday's election that threatens his grip on power. But how did Erdogan manage to ...

May 28, 2023 · ISTANBUL — Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday won re-election, surviving the toughest test of his two-decade and increasingly hardline rule. The news was greeted by a slew of ...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician of Georgian [a] origin. He is the 12th and current President of Turkey, he took office in 2014.Before that, he was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014. He is the chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party since 2001 which he founded that year. Erdoğan was Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.

Apr 2, 2014 · Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1954, Recep Tayyip Erdogan became involved in politics while attending university. The first Islamist to be elected mayor of Istanbul, he reduced pollution and ...