Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician of Georgian^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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. Erdoğan was Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.^[2]

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
12th President of Turkey
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2014
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu (2014–16) Binali Yıldırım (2016–18)
Vice President	Fuat Oktay (2018–2023) Cevdet Yılmaz (2023–present)
Preceded by	Abdullah Gül
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2017
Preceded by	Binali Yıldırım
In office 14 August 2001 – 27 August 2014
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ahmet Davutoğlu
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
28th 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 70) Kasımpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party (2001–2014; 2017–present)
Other political affiliations	National Salvation Party (before 1981) Welfare Party (1983–1998) Virtue Party (1998–2001)
Spouse(s)	Emine Gülbaran ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	Ahmet Bilal Esra Sümeyye Bayraktar
Residence	Presidential Complex
Alma mater	Marmara University
Signature
Website	Government website Personal website

Erdoğan was a semi-professional footballer from 1969 to 1982.^[3][4] The stadium of the local football club of the Istanbul district he grew up in, Kasımpaşa S.K. is named after him.

Erdoğan married Emine Gülbaran (b. 1955, Siirt) on 4 July 1978.^[5] The couple have two sons (Ahmet Burak, Necmeddin Bilal) and two daughters (Esra, Sümeyye).

The 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt tried to overthrow President Erdogan.

Notes

1. Erdogan said during his visit to Georgia in 2004: "I am Georgian too, our family is a Georgian family that migrated from Batumi to Rize."^[1]

References

1. Sarıoğlu, Bülent. "Kimlik değişimi!". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. 11 Ağustos 2004: (Gürcistan gezisinde) Ben de Gürcü'yüm, ailemiz Batum'dan Rize'ye göç etmiş bir Gürcü ailesidir.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. Sontag, Deborah (2003-05-11). "The Erdogan Experiment". The New York Times.
3. "Life story". AK Parti Official Web Site. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
4. "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
5. Bakanlar Kurulu'nun özgeçmişi. Milliyet.com.tr (29 August 2007). Retrieved on 2011-04-22.