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During the first years of his premiership in which Turkey reformed its law to comply with EU-accession talks, Erdogan received favorable ratings in Europe, calling the reforms a "silent revolution". [1] The refugee crisis originating from the Syrian civil war lowered the ratings of Erdogan in Europe, while maintaining high support in the Arab ...
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [b] (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.
As such, the overarching dominance of Erdoğan has furthered Islamist criticism, particularly by Islamist parties such as the Felicity Party (SP), who have claimed that Erdoğanism is not based on Islamism but is instead based on authoritarianism using religious rhetoric to maintain public support amongst the conservative base of the electorate.
Erdogan, who has led Turkey as prime minister or president for 20 years, prevailed in a runoff race last weekend despite the country's ongoing economic crisis and his government's criticized ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remained in power for 20 years by repeatedly surmounting political crises: mass protests, corruption allegations, an attempted military coup and a huge ...
Erdogan and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu both failed to secure a majority in the first round on 14 May and the election went to a run-off for the first time in Turkish history. On 28 May Erdogan won the election securing 52.18 percent of the vote and claimed victory after 99.4% of the votes were counted in the second round as the Supreme ...
Earlier this week, Turkey’s main opposition leader blamed Mr Erdogan for the scale of the devastation. “If there is one person responsible for this, it is Erdogan,” Kemal Kilicdaroglu said.
Turkey: Empire of Erdogan is a 2023 two-part documentary series aired by BBC Two before the 2023 Turkish general election. [1] It explores the 20-year political career of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the impact on Turkey. [2] Events covered include the Gezi Park protests and the Susurluk car crash. [3]