Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
12th President of Turkey
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2014
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu (2014–16) Binali Yıldırım (2016–present)
Preceded by	Abdullah Gül
25th Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 14 March 2003 – 28 August 2014
President	Ahmet Necdet Sezer Abdullah Gül
Deputy	Cabinet I (2003–07) Abdullah Gül Mehmet Ali Şahin Abdüllatif Şener Cabinet II (2007–11) Cemil Çiçek Hayati Yazıcı (2007–09) Nazım Ekren (2007–09) Bülent Arınç (2009–11) Ali Babacan (2009–11) Cabinet III (2011–14) Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Bekir Bozdağ (2011–13) Emrullah İşler (2013–14)
Preceded by	Abdullah Gül
Succeeded by	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
In office 14 August 2001 – 27 August 2014
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Mayor of Istanbul
In office 27 March 1994 – 6 November 1998
Preceded by	Nurettin Sözen
Succeeded by	Ali Müfit Gürtuna
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 9 March 2003 – 28 August 2014
Constituency	Siirt (2003 by-election) Istanbul (I) (2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-26) 26 February 1954 (age 62) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	National Salvation Party (before 1981) Welfare Party (1983–1998) Virtue Party (1998–2001) Justice and Development Party (2001–present)
Spouse(s)	Emine Gülbaran (m. 1978)
Children	Ahmet Burak Sümeyye Bilal Esra
Alma mater	Marmara University
Religion	Sunni Islam
Signature
Website	Government website Personal website

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkish pronunciation: [ɾeˈd͡ʒep tɑjˈjip ˈæɾdo(ɰ)ɑn]; born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who has been the President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as the Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001 and led it to three general election victories in 2002, 2007 and 2011 before standing down as leader upon his election as President in 2014. Originating from an Islamist political background and as a self-described conservative democrat, his administration has overseen social conservative and liberal economic policies. His political agenda and ideals are often referred to as Erdoğanism.

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