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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he co-founded in 2001. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. Coming from an Islamist background and promoting socially conservative policies, Turkey has experienced increasing authoritarianism, democratic backsliding and suppression of dissent under Erdoğan's rule. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 186th most popular politician (down from 155th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 13th most popular Turkish Politician.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is most famous for being the president of Turkey. He has been president since 2014.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ranks 186 out of 19,576. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Domitian, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Bayezid II, Bayezid I, and Harry S. Truman. After him are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Murad I, Christian IX of Denmark, Puyi, Simón Bolívar, and Philip IV of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ranks 2. Before him is Angela Merkel. After him are Jackie Chan, François Hollande, Alexander Lukashenko, Shinzō Abe, Denzel Washington, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hugo Chávez, Viktor Yushchenko, and John Travolta.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ranks 25 out of 1,347. Before him are Strabo (-64), Murad III (1546), Ahmed I (1590), Saint Barbara (300), Honorius (384), and Bayezid I (1354). After him are Murad I (1326), Anaximander (-610), Orhan (1288), Anaxagoras (-500), Basil of Caesarea (329), and Mehmed III (1566).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ranks 13. Before him are Selim I (1470), Murad II (1404), Murad III (1546), Ahmed I (1590), Honorius (384), and Bayezid I (1354). After him are Murad I (1326), Orhan (1288), Mehmed III (1566), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Murad IV (1612), and Abdul Hamid II (1842).

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