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14th president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey: 11 Abdullah Gül (born 1950) 2007: 28 August 2007: 28 August 2014 7 years AK Party: 40th minister of foreign affairs: 12 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954) 2014: 28 August 2014: 9 July 2018 3 years, 315 days AK Party: 25th prime minister of Turkey Presidential system (2018–present) 12 Recep ...
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. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.
The president directs the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of the Turkish military. The president also heads the National Security Council. The office of the president of Turkey was established with the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye on 29 October 1923, with the first president and founder ...
Presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Ukraine at the opening ceremony of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline, 12 June 2018. In February 2018, President Erdoğan expressed Turkish support of the Republic of Macedonia's position during negotiations over the Macedonia naming dispute saying that Greece's position is wrong. [123]
Turkish presidential elections are held in Turkey as part of the general elections every five years, to determine who will serve as the President of Turkey.. There have been 22 elections for the President of Turkey since the establishment of the republic in 1923, electing 12 distinct Turkish citizens as president.
The first direct election to the Turkish presidency was held in 2014, after a referendum in 2007 abolished the previous system under which the head of state was elected by the legislature chamber, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The President of Turkey is subject to term limits, and may serve at most two five-year terms. [30]
Turkey's political system is based on a separation of powers. Executive power is exercised by the Council of Ministers, which is appointed and headed by the President, who serves as country's head of state and head of government. Legislative power is vested in the Grand National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the ...
The Fifth Erdoğan Cabinet is the 67th and current government of the Republic of Turkey.It was declared on 3 June 2023. [1] The cabinet was announced after the inauguration of president Erdoğan.