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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

b. 1954 · 20th century

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician who co-founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and has led Turkey since 2003, as prime minister until 2014 and then as president. A former mayor of Istanbul, he oversaw rapid economic growth in his first decade and opened accession talks with the European Union. After surviving a coup attempt in 2016 he introduced an executive presidency in 2018 and has governed in an increasingly authoritarian manner.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Republic of Turkey

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