Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of Turkey since 2014

Key information

Born26 February 1954

Place of birthIstanbul, Turkey

Position held Leader of the Justice and Development Party25th Prime Minister of Turkey12th President of Turkeymayor of Istanbulmember of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Political partyJustice and Development (2001–2014; 2017–present)

Educated at Marmara University (BBA)

Connections5

Awards received 5

HAHeydar Aliyev OrderAward received ODOrder "Danaker"Award received OOOrder of the Golden EagleAward received NNishan-e-PakistanAward received OOOrder of the Golden FleeceAward received

Family & close relations

Spouse Emine Erdoğan (m. 1978)

Children Sümeyye, Esra, Bilal, Ahmet

Appears in Reports2

Engraved Magnums and Live Rounds: Erdogan's NATO Summit Parting Gift
clashreport.com9 July 2026Turkish President
Trump looms large as Nato grapples with challenge of rearming Europe
BBC7 July 2026the Turkish President

Source-backed identifiers6

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	GND (German National Library)	128643161	Open ↗
	System GND (German National Library) (gnd) Value 128643161 Record https://d-nb.info/gnd/128643161
	Library of Congress	no2001030279	Open ↗
	System Library of Congress (loc_auth) Value no2001030279 Record https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001030279
	Encyclopaedia Britannica	biography/Recep-Tayyip-Erdogan	Open ↗
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	IMDb	nm5724012	Open ↗
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