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.[2]
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
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Assumed office
28 August 2014 |
| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu (2014–16)
Binali Yıldırım (2016–18) |
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| Vice President | Fuat Oktay (2018–2023)
Cevdet Yılmaz (2023–present) |
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| Preceded by | Abdullah Gül |
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Assumed office
21 May 2017 |
| Preceded by | Binali Yıldırım |
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In office
14 August 2001 – 27 August 2014 |
| Preceded by | Office established |
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| Succeeded by | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
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In office
14 March 2003 – 28 August 2014 |
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- Cemil Çiçek
- Hayati Yazıcı (2007–09)
- Nazım Ekren (2007–09)
- Bülent Arınç (2009–11)
- Ali Babacan (2009–11)
- Bülent Arınç
- Ali Babacan
- Beşir Atalay
- Bekir Bozdağ (2011–13)
- Emrullah İşler (2013–14)
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| Preceded by | Abdullah Gül |
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| Succeeded by | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
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In office
27 March 1994 – 6 November 1998 |
| Preceded by | Nurettin Sözen |
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| Succeeded by | Ali Müfit Gürtuna |
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In office
9 March 2003 – 28 August 2014 |
| Constituency |
- Siirt (2003 by-election)
- Istanbul (I) (2007, 2011)
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| Born | (1954-02-26) 26 February 1954 (age 71)
Kasımpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Political party | Justice and Development Party (2001–2014; 2017–present) |
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- National Salvation Party (before 1981)
- Welfare Party (1983–1998)
- Virtue Party (1998–2001)
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| Children | - Ahmet
- Bilal
- Esra
- Sümeyye Bayraktar
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| Residence | Presidential Complex |
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| Alma mater | Marmara University |
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| Website | Government website
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Erdoğan was a semi-professional footballer from 1969 to 1982.[3][4] The stadium of the local football club of the Istanbul district he grew up in, Kasımpaşa S.K. is named after him.
Erdoğan married Emine Gülbaran (b. 1955, Siirt) on 4 July 1978.[5] The couple have two sons (Ahmet Burak, Necmeddin Bilal) and two daughters (Esra, Sümeyye).
The 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt tried to overthrow President Erdogan.
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