The view of the main Göztepe Campus of Marmara University where Recep Tayyip Erdoğan earned a diploma in Business Administration in 1981.
Career
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2009
Davos, Switzerland
Erdoğan walks out of the session at the World Economic Forum, vows never to return.
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2009
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States
Erdoğan and then United States President Barack Obama at the White House.
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2013
Hilton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, speaks during the Istanbul 2020 bid presentation during the 125th IOC Session - 2020 Olympics Host City Announcement at Hilton Hotel on September 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo by Ian Walton.
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2015
Yildiz Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their meeting at the Yildiz Palace on October 18 in Istanbul. Photo by Guido Bergmann, the German Government Press Office (BPA)/Bundesregierung
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2015
Istanbul, Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses his supporters during a ceremony to mark the 562nd anniversary of the conquest of the city by Ottoman Turks on May 30 in Istanbul. Photo by Gokhan Tan.
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2016
Topkapı, 34083 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul (right), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2nd right), Turkey's 27th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Ismail Kahraman (center) and former Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu at the funeral service for victims of the thwarted coup in Istanbul at the Fatih Mosque on July 17 in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Burak Kara.
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2017
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States
United States President Donald Trump shakes hands with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool.
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2017
Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Russian Federation
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during talks at the Moscow Kremlin on March 10 in Moscow. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov.
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2017
Ankara, Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gives a referendum victory speech to his supporters at the Presidential Palace on April 17 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Elif Sogut.
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2017
Ankara, Turkey
Then British Prime Minister Theresa May meets President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Palace on January 28 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Andrew Parsons - Pool.
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2017
Ankara,Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan makes a statement on April 16 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Stringer.
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2018
55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France
Then French President, Emmanuel Macron, welcomes Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prior to their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace on January 5 in Paris. Photo by Chesnot.
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2018
Spreeweg 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (left) and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan review a guard of honor upon Erdoğan's arrival at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on September 28 in Berlin. Photo by Sean Gallup.
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2018
Av. Costanera Rafael Obligado 1221, C1425 CABA, Argentina
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the press during day of sessions of Argentina G20 Leaders' Summit at Costa Salguero on December 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo by Daniel Jayo.
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2018
New York City, New York, United States
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 25 in New York City. Photo by John Moore.
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2018
Ankara, Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his weekly parliamentary address on October 23 in Ankara, Turkey.
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2018
Istanbul, Turkey
(From left to right) Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and then French President Emmanuel Macron during their joint press conference at the Summit on Syria on October 27 in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov.
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2018
Ankara, Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan receives his oath as he is sworns as Turkey's first Executive President at the Turkish parliament on July 9 in Ankara. Photo by Stringer.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the official opening ceremony of Istanbul's new airport (Istanbul Yeni Havalimani) on October 29. Photo by Burak Kara.
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2018
Boulevard Léopold III, 1110 Bruxelles, Belgium
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (3rd left) at the NATO Summit at NATO headquarters on July 12 in Brussels, Belgium. Photo by Jasper Juinen.
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2018
Spreeweg 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany
(From left to right) First Lady Elke Buedenbender, First Lady Emine Erdoğan, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the arrival of the Erdoğan at the Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on September 28 in Berlin. Photo by Carsten Koall.
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2018
Turkish Presidental Palace, Ankara, Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) with Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (left), at Turkish Presidental Palace on Apil 25 in Ankara. (Photo by Turkish President Press Office.
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2018
Saatwinkler Damm, 13405 Berlin, Germany
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Ermine arrive at Tegel Airport on September 27 in Berlin. Photo by Sean Gallup.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan receives United States Vice President Mike Pence at Presidential Complex in Ankara on October 17. Photo by Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidency.
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2019
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States
United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (left) welcome Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan (right) upon their arrival at the South Portico of the White House on November 13 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Alex Wong.
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2019
10 Downing St, Westminster, London SW1A 2AA, United Kingdom
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan arrive at 10 Downing Street ahead of a NATO reception hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on December 3 in London. Photo by Alastair Grant, WPA Pool.
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2019
1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2nd left) and his wife Emine (2nd right), Emperor Naruhito (1st left) and Empress Masako (1st right) pose for photographs prior to their meeting at the Imperial Palace on July 1 in Tokyo. Photo by The Asahi Shimbun.
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2019
Budapest, Hungary
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (left) stands with Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán as they speak to the press after meeting for discussions on Syria and migration on November 7 in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Laszlo Balogh.
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2020
Brussels, Belgium
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (left) with President of the European Council Charles Michel (center) and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (right) prior to a bilateral meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter, on March 9 in Brussels. Photo by Thierry Monasse.
Achievements
Membership
Awards
Nishan-e-Pakistan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan on October 26, 2009.
Order of the Golden Fleece
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the Order of the Golden Fleece on May 17, 2010.
Order of Danaker
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the Order of Danaker on February 2, 2011.
Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold in 2015.
National Order of Madagascar
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was named Knight of the National Order of Madagascar in 2017.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, speaks during the Istanbul 2020 bid presentation during the 125th IOC Session - 2020 Olympics Host City Announcement at Hilton Hotel on September 7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo by Ian Walton.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their meeting at the Yildiz Palace on October 18 in Istanbul. Photo by Guido Bergmann, the German Government Press Office (BPA)/Bundesregierung
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses his supporters during a ceremony to mark the 562nd anniversary of the conquest of the city by Ottoman Turks on May 30 in Istanbul. Photo by Gokhan Tan.
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul (right), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2nd right), Turkey's 27th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Ismail Kahraman (center) and former Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu at the funeral service for victims of the thwarted coup in Istanbul at the Fatih Mosque on July 17 in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Burak Kara.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States
United States President Donald Trump shakes hands with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during talks at the Moscow Kremlin on March 10 in Moscow. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gives a referendum victory speech to his supporters at the Presidential Palace on April 17 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Elif Sogut.
Then British Prime Minister Theresa May meets President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Palace on January 28 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Andrew Parsons - Pool.
55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France
Then French President, Emmanuel Macron, welcomes Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prior to their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace on January 5 in Paris. Photo by Chesnot.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (left) and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan review a guard of honor upon Erdoğan's arrival at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on September 28 in Berlin. Photo by Sean Gallup.
Av. Costanera Rafael Obligado 1221, C1425 CABA, Argentina
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the press during day of sessions of Argentina G20 Leaders' Summit at Costa Salguero on December 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo by Daniel Jayo.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his weekly parliamentary address on October 23 in Ankara, Turkey.
(From left to right) Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and then French President Emmanuel Macron during their joint press conference at the Summit on Syria on October 27 in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan receives his oath as he is sworns as Turkey's first Executive President at the Turkish parliament on July 9 in Ankara. Photo by Stringer.
(From left to right) First Lady Elke Buedenbender, First Lady Emine Erdoğan, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the arrival of the Erdoğan at the Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on September 28 in Berlin. Photo by Carsten Koall.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) with Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (left), at Turkish Presidental Palace on Apil 25 in Ankara. (Photo by Turkish President Press Office.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan receives United States Vice President Mike Pence at Presidential Complex in Ankara on October 17. Photo by Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidency.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States
United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (left) welcome Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan (right) upon their arrival at the South Portico of the White House on November 13 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Alex Wong.
10 Downing St, Westminster, London SW1A 2AA, United Kingdom
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan arrive at 10 Downing Street ahead of a NATO reception hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on December 3 in London. Photo by Alastair Grant, WPA Pool.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2nd left) and his wife Emine (2nd right), Emperor Naruhito (1st left) and Empress Masako (1st right) pose for photographs prior to their meeting at the Imperial Palace on July 1 in Tokyo. Photo by The Asahi Shimbun.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (left) stands with Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán as they speak to the press after meeting for discussions on Syria and migration on November 7 in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Laszlo Balogh.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (left) with President of the European Council Charles Michel (center) and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (right) prior to a bilateral meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter, on March 9 in Brussels. Photo by Thierry Monasse.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician. A former Mayor of İstanbul, he was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and has served as its President since 2014. He is a founder of the Justice and Development Party.
Background
Ethnicity:
Erdoğan's parents came to Istanbul from Rize Province in the 1930s.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born on February 26, 1954, in the Kasimpasa quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, to Ahmet Erdoğan, a coastal captain, and Tenzile Erdoğan, a housewife. Erdoğan's father served as a captain in the Turkish Coast Guard and was stationed at Rize.
Erdoğan has a younger brother, Mustafa, and a younger sister, Vesile. He also had two paternal half-brothers, Mehmet and Hasan.
Education
Born in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan often spent his summer holidays in Güneysu, Rize, his parents' homeland. After graduating from Kasımpaşa Piyale Primary School in 1965, he completed his further education at Istanbul Imam Hatip School (Religious Vocational High School) which he finished eight years later.
Since his high school years, Erdoğan was actively involved in social life being a fiery orator in the cause of political Islam. From 1969 to 1982, he was also passionate about football and even played in a professional football (soccer) team. He received a diploma from Eyüp High School and continued his further education in Business Administration at Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences from which he graduated in 1981.
The growing interest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in social and national issues during his high school and university years led the young man to active politics. A member of the students' branch of the National Turkish Students' Association, he headed the Beyoğlu Youth Branch and İstanbul Youth Branch of the Islamist National Salvation Party (MSP) from 1976 to 1980. It was in the early 1980s that Erdoğan came across Necmettin Erbakan, a veteran Islamist politician, and became active in parties led by him.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a recipient of many honorary doctorates, including those from St. John's University, University of Sarajevo, Istanbul University, University of Pristina, Moscow State University, University of Algiers, and İnönü University, among others.
The start of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's career in politics can be counted from 1984 when he was elected the Beyoğlu District Head of the Welfare Party. The next year, Erdoğan was named the İstanbul Provincial Head of the Welfare Party and became a member of the Party's Central Executive Board. Erdoğan's policy during his tenure had a good impact on the Welfare Party's rating at the 1989 mayoral elections in Beyoğlu.
In 1994, following the local elections held on March 27, Erdoğan became Mayor of Metropolitan İstanbul. While in the post, the politician proved himself to be a competent manager. He found advantageous solutions for such long-standing issues of the city as the water problem, the problem of air pollution, traffic congestion and transportation deadlock. Erdoğan had to leave the post in 1998 after being sentenced for 10 months in prison for a public reading of the poem perceived to have had traits of inciting religious hatred.
Released from prison in 1999 after four months of his sentence, Erdoğan came back to political activity. On August 14, 2001, he joined the founders of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, or AKP) and was elected Founding General Chair of it. The large support that the party received from the public right after its creation led to its victory at the 2002 parliamentary elections. However, Erdoğan was legally barred from serving in parliament or as Prime Minister because of his 1998 conviction. A constitutional amendment in December 2002 effectively removed that obstacle, and he took part in the by-election held in Siirt on March 9 the next year. Erdoğan won with 85% of the votes and became a deputy from Siirt for the 22nd term on May 14, 2003.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's attempt to compete for the head of the state post at the 2007 presidential elections was blocked by an opposition boycott from Turkey's secularist parties. The General Chairman of the AK Party, the politician called for early parliamentary elections held on July 22. The Party won decisively, and Erdoğan established the 60th government of the Republic of Turkey. He became Prime Minister for the third term following the victory of the AK Party in the next parliamentary elections four years later. However, the AKP fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to unilaterally write a new constitution.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the 2014 presidential elections, which were direct, for the first time in the history of Turkey, and took up office on August 28. Meanwhile, the AK Party faced brief fail at the 2015 parliamentary elections in June earning only 41 percent of the vote, that was insufficient for a parliamentary majority. The situation had changed by November 2015, at the snap elections which followed the failure of negotiations to form a governing coalition after the June election.
The summer of the next year was marked by a violent coup attempt against the leader of the country and the ruling party. The members of the coup accused Erdoğan and the AK Party of the breaking down democracy and damaging the rule of law in the country. The President who was outside Turkey at the time mobilized his supporters through social media, and soon the plotters were overpowered by loyal military units and civilians, and the government quickly restored control.
The constitutional amendment passed in a referendum on April 16, 2017, which abolished the post of Prime Minister and empowered the President as the executive head of government, let Erdoğan become again the Leader of the Justice and Development Party on May 21. He assumed the expanded presidential powers on July 9, 2018 after the victory at the early presidential elections held on June.
The 2019 municipal elections showed that the AK Party lost its control over several major cities, such as Ankara and Istanbul.
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Politics
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has an Islamist political background.
During his tenure as the İstanbul Provincial Head of the Welfare Party, he realized projects with the objective of encouraging women and youth to participate in politics, thus enhancing the image of politics among the masses.
As Prime Minister, Erdoğan toured the United States and Europe in order to dispel any fears that he held anti-Western biases and to advance Turkey's bid to join the European Union. Although the previous government had refused to allow United States troops to be stationed in Turkey during the Iraq War, in October 2003 Erdoğan secured approval for the dispatch of Turkish troops to help keep the peace in Iraq; Iraqi opposition to the plan, however, prevented such a deployment. In 2004 he sought to resolve the issue of Cyprus, which had been partitioned into Greek and Turkish sectors since the 1974 civil war. Erdoğan supported a United Nations plan for the reunification of the island; in April 2004, Turkish Cypriots approved the referendum, but their Greek counterparts rejected it.
In early 2008 the parliament passed an amendment that lifted a ban on the wearing of head scarves, a sign of religion long contested in Turkey, on university campuses. Opponents of the AKP charged the party with posing a threat to Turkish secular order, and Erdoğan's position appeared to come under increasing threat. Nevertheless, Erdoğan successfully maintained his position, when in July 2008 the court decided against the party's closure and sharply reduced its state funding instead.
In September 2010, a national referendum approved a package of constitutional amendments promoted by Erdoğan. They included measures to make the military more accountable to civilian courts and to increase the legislature's power to appoint judges.
While campaigning for parliamentary elections in early 2011, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged to elaborate new Turkey's constitution that would strengthen democratic freedoms. However, the AK Party fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to unilaterally change the founding document.
In the summer of 2013 Erdoğan faced an outpouring of public discontent after Istanbul police violently broke up a small protest against the planned conversion of a public park into a shopping complex. The incident triggered larger demonstrations around the country decrying what protesters described as the growing authoritarianism of Erdoğan and the AKP. The politician called the protesters thugs and vandals.
Immediately upon taking presidential office, Erdoğan came back to his plans for a new constitution, proposing to change it after the following parliamentary elections in 2015. It was widely believed that he would seek to expand the powers of the presidency.
Erdoğan's economic policies in the coming months after the reelection on the second presidential term, combined with United States tariffs levied against Turkish steel and aluminum exports, caused recession in the country. By the end of the summer, the lira had lost a quarter of its value, and the slowdown in economic growth continued into 2019. Soaring prices on basic goods, which Erdoğan blamed on a foreign conspiracy, became a central issue in municipal elections held in March.
Views
As Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan put emphasis on democratization aimed to strengthen general democratic standards and improve the rights of minority ethnic and religious groups. When Turkey's bid to become a member of the European Union reached a deadlock, the governmental policy turned toward authorization, in particular, in freedom of speech, freedom of the press and Kurdish minority rights. Since then Erdoğan's government has attacked social media, press, human rights and even blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites several times. The rights of the Turkish LGBT community remained unrecognized by the government as well.
Alcohol policy was also tightened under the rule of Erdoğan. All advertising was banned and the tax at the alcohol-producing market were raised.
In 2011, Erdoğan's government initiated reforms aimed to return properties of Christian and Jewish minorities seized by the Turkish authorities in the 1930s.
Quotations:
"Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off."
"Turkey is a sovereign state, just like the U.S. We might go to different directions, in terms of our impressions and ideas, but we'll always remain friends."
"There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization."
"But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled."
"Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East."
"What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic."
"If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people."
"The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause."
"The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of us, including myself."
"I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles."
"It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry."
Membership
Erdoğan is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish Sufi community of Naqshbandi tariqah.
Community of İskenderpaşa
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Turkey
Personality
Physical Characteristics:
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 1.85 meters tall.
Quotes from others about the person
Christopher Hitchens, English author and orator: "How would the world respond if a European prime minister called for the mass deportation of all Turks? Yet Erdogan's xenophobic demagoguery attracted precisely no condemnation from Washington or Brussels. He probably overestimated the number of "tolerated" economic refugees from neighboring and former Soviet Armenia, but is it not interesting that he keeps a count in his head? And a count of the tiny number of surviving Turkish Armenians as well? The outburst strengthens the already strong case for considering Erdogan to be somewhat personally unhinged."
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:
"There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankerer
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn't even stop to thankera."
Interests
Politicians
Ataturk
Sport & Clubs
football
Connections
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan married Emine Gulbaran on July 4, 1978. Emine Erdoğan gave birth to two daughters, Esra and Sümeyye, and two sons, Necmettin Bilal and Ahmet Burak.
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