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.

Jan 24, 2025 · Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish politician who served as prime minister (2003–14) and president (2014– ) of Turkey. A dominant figure in the Justice and Development Party since its founding in 2001, Erdogan oversaw considerable economic development in Turkey but was often accused of authoritarianism.

May 28, 2023 · First as prime minister from 2003 and then as directly elected president since 2014, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has flexed Turkey's muscles as a regional power, championed Islamist causes and been...

Nov 24, 2024 · After stinging defeats in local elections in March for his ruling Justice and Development (AK) party, Erdoğan took a step back to process his losses. It might be time, he concluded, to re ...

Apr 2, 2014 · Recep Tayyip Erdogan was elected mayor of Istanbul in 1994. The first Islamist to serve in this role, he demonstrated his religious commitment by banning alcohol from city-owned cafes.

May 28, 2023 · Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday won re-election, surviving the toughest test of his two-decade and increasingly hardline rule.

Mar 8, 2024 · Long-time leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says local polls at end of March will be his last elections, indicating he won't run for presidency again in 2028

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Malatya’da deprem konutları teslimi ve toplu açılış töreninde yaptığı konuşmada, “6 Şubat depremlerinin yaralarını sarmaya devam ediyoruz. Geçtiğimiz kasım ayında Kahramanmaraş’ta gerçekleştirdiğimiz törenle, 155.000 yuvamızın anahtarlarını teslim etmiştik.

May 13, 2023 · This weekend, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the man who has dominated Turkish politics for two decades, is seeking to extend his rule for another five years.

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.