Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a prominent and influential Turkish politician who has held many senior positions during his political career.
He is currently the 12th president of Türkiye, a position he has held since 2014.
Prior to that, he served as the 25th prime minister from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.
Erdoğan is also one of the co-founders of the Justice and Development Party, which has been in power since 2002.
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- Full name: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Stage name: Recep Erdogan
- Date of birth: February 26, 1954
- Age: 70 years old
- Place of birth: Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu, Türkiye.
- Nationality: Turkish
- Occupation: Turkish politician
- Height: 1.85 m
- Parents: Ahmet Erdoğan and Tensile Erdoğan
- Siblings: 4, Vesile İlgen, Mustafa Erdoğan, Hasan Erdoğan and Mehmet Erdoğan.
- Spouse: Emine Erdoğan (d. 1978)
- Children: 4, Ahmet Burak Erdoğan, Sümeyye Erdoğan, Esra Erdoğan, Necmeddin Bilal Erdogan
- Relationship: married
- Net worth: $500 million
Childhood life and education.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician born on 26 February 1954 in Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu, Türkiye. He was raised by his parents, Ahmet Erdoğan (1905–1988) and Tensile Erdoğan (née Mutlu; 1924–2011), and grew up with four siblings Vesile İlgen, Mustafa Erdoğan, Hasan Erdoğan and Mehmet Erdoğan.
He is of Turkish descent and Muslim descent, a member of the İskenderpaşa Community, a Turkish Sufistic community of the Naqshbandi tariqah. Erdoğan studied in Istanbul but spent most of his summers in Güneysu, Rize, where his family was born.
He graduated from Kasımpaşa Piyale Elementary School in 1965 and Istanbul İmam Hatip High School, a religious vocational high school, in 1973. Other AK Party co-founders also followed this educational path.
Career
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, and attended Aksaray Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences before working as a consultant and senior manager in the private sector.
Despite his successful career in the private sector, Erdoğan remained involved in politics and was elected chairman of the Welfare Party’s Beyoğlu district in 1984 and chairman of Istanbul in 1985.
However, his political career was not without controversy as he was convicted in 1998 of inciting religious hatred and banned from politics after reciting a poem deemed offensive.
Despite this setback, Erdoğan was released from prison in 1999 and founded the AKP, where he veered away from overtly Islamist policies.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s tenure as prime minister of Türkiye from 2003 to 2014 was marked by significant achievements and challenges.
Under his leadership, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) won three consecutive elections and implemented policies that helped restore the economy after the 2001 financial crisis.
The Erdoğan government also began negotiations on Türkiye’s EU membership and pushed for peace talks to end the long-standing conflict with the PKK.
However, his administration has also faced criticism for increasing authoritarianism and restricting freedom of speech. Erdoğan’s political career continued when he was elected president in 2014 and has remained in power ever since.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been a controversial figure in office as president of Turkey since 2014. Although he is the country’s first directly elected president, his presidency has been marked by a retreat from democracy and a shift to a more authoritarian style of government.
His economic policies have also caused problems, leading to high inflation and the devaluation of the Turkish lira. In addition to his domestic problems, Erdoğan has threatened other countries, such as Greece, and intervened in conflicts in Syria and Libya.
He has also expanded Türkiye’s role in hosting refugees and conducting operations against various groups. Most recently, he responded to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine by taking actions such as closing the Bosphorus Strait to Russian naval reinforcements and brokering a prisoner exchange.
Social media.
- Instagram Name: @trpresidency
Personal life
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician who has been married to Emine Erdoğan (née Gülbaran) since 4 July 1978.
They have four children together – two sons, Ahmet Burak (born 1979) and Necmettin Bilal (born 1981), and two daughters, Esra Erdoğan (born 1983) and Sümeyye Erdoğan (born 1985).
Sadly, Erdoğan’s father died in 1988, and his mother died in 2011 at the age of 87. His government’s crackdown on dissidents and the media has raised concerns about human rights violations.
In addition, his hardline stance on political issues has strained Türkiye’s relations with other countries, leading to tension and conflict within the international community.
Net worth
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a prominent and influential Turkish politician who has held many senior positions during his political career.
He has been President of Türkiye since 2014 and previously served as Prime Minister for over a decade. In addition to his political career, Erdoğan is known for his wealth, with an estimated net worth of $500 million.
