When was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan born?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born on 26 February 1954 in Istanbul.

What positions has Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held?

Positions held by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan include: President of Turkey (since 28 August 2014); Prime Minister of Turkey (2003–2014); member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2003–2014); mayor of Istanbul (1994–1998); president.

Where did Recep Tayyip Erdoğan study?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was educated at Marmara University, İmam Hatip school.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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President of Turkey since 2014

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who has been the 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. Coming from an Islamist background and promoting socially conservative policies, Erdoğan has been Turkey's de facto leader since 2003. Turkey has experienced democratic backsliding and suppression of dissent under Erdoğan.

Quick facts

Born: 26 February 1954 wd
Place of birth: Istanbul wd
Citizenship: Turkey wd
Occupation: statesperson, politician, party leader wd
Political party: Justice and Development Party (since 14 August 2001), Virtue Party (1997–1998), Welfare Party (1983–1997), National Salvation Party (until 1980) wd
Education: Marmara University, İmam Hatip school wd
Spouse: Emine Erdoğan wd
Official website: tccb.gov.tr wd
Social media: X (Twitter) · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube wd

Positions held wd

President of Turkey (since 28 August 2014)
Prime Minister of Turkey (14 March 2003 – 28 August 2014)
member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (9 March 2003 – 28 August 2014)
mayor of Istanbul (27 March 1994 – 6 November 1998)
president

Awards wd

Order of the Golden Fleece (2010)
Nishan-e-Pakistan (2009)
Order of the Golden Eagle
Order "Danaker" (2011)
Heydar Aliyev Order
Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights
Steiger Award
King Faisal Prize in Service to Islam (2010)
Golden Plate Award (2004)
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (Guinea)
National Order of Madagascar (2017)
Order of Mubarak the Great
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
Order of the Somali Star
Order of the Republic (2018)

About

Erdoğan was born in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, and studied at the Aksaray Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, before working as a consultant and senior manager in the private sector. Becoming active in local politics, he was elected Welfare Party's Beyoğlu district chair in 1984 and Istanbul chair in 1985. Following the 1994 local elections, Erdoğan was elected mayor of Istanbul. In 1998 he was convicted for inciting religious hatred and banned from politics after reciting a poem by Ziya Gökalp that compared mosques to barracks and the faithful to an army. Erdoğan was released from prison in 1999 and formed the AKP, abandoning openly Islamist policies.

Erdoğan led the AKP to a landslide victory in the election for the Grand National Assembly in 2002, and became prime minister after winning a by-election in Siirt in 2003. Erdoğan led the AKP to two more election victories in 2007 and 2011. His tenure consisted of economic recovery from the economic crisis of 2001, the start of EU membership negotiations, and the reduction of military influence on politics. In late 2012, his government began peace negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to end the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, negotiations which ended three years later.

In 2014, Erdoğan became the country's first directly elected president. Erdoğan's presidency has been…

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When was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan born?: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born on 26 February 1954 in Istanbul.
What positions has Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held?: Positions held by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan include: President of Turkey (since 28 August 2014); Prime Minister of Turkey (2003–2014); member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2003–2014); mayor of Istanbul (1994–1998); president.
Where did Recep Tayyip Erdoğan study?: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was educated at Marmara University, İmam Hatip school.

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