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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(; born 26 February 1954) is the
12th
and current
President of Turkey
, in office 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.
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