Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Turkey's well-known political leader, who was elected president in the first popular elections held in 2014. He has held high positions in the political expanses of the country since 1994. He first organized the pro-Islamist National Salvation Party and as its leader became the mayor of Istanbul, and in 2003 he took the post of prime minister and for the next 11 years held power in the country in his hands.

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His policy at the head of the government, and now the state has a mixed assessment in the world - some believe that only thanks to Erdogan Turkey has been reincarnated from a parliamentary republic into a presidential one, while others do not rule out that the Turkish leader intends to turn the country into an Islamic state.

Erdogan was born on February 26, 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the town of Riza, where his father Ahmet and mother Tenzile were from. Asked about his nationality, Recep likes to repeat the words of his parents - first of all he is a Muslim. Although once in a conversation with Georgian journalists, the president mentioned the Adjara roots. Later in his homeland, the head of state refuted his own words.

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The family of the future Turkish president lived modestly, as his father worked in low-paying jobs in the coast guard, and the mother was engaged in raising children. As a result, young Tayyip had to work part-time - he sold buns and lemonade on the unsafe streets of the city, which tempered the character of the boy and helped to form clear life positions.

In 1965, after graduating from Piyale Pasa Elementary School, he enrolled in the imam Hatip Lisesi religious lyceum, where teachers noted Erdogan's particular religiosity, which was brought up by his family. In his youth, Recep became interested in football in secret from his father, who did not approve of the sport.

The young man was considered a semi-professional player, and the management of Fenerbahce football club even intended to sign a contract with him. After graduating from high school and passing additional exams, Tayyip managed to enter the economic university of Marmara, which he successfully graduated in 1981.

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The future Turkish leader began to engage in politics during the student period of his biography. In 1975, he organized the youth movement of the pro-Islamist National Salvation Party in Beyoglu, after which he received his first career promotion and headed the party's branch in Istanbul.

At the same time he worked as a manager in a private business, but after a military coup in 1980 he lost his job because of political activities. As a result, in 1982 he joined the army, and on his return from service again aimed at politics.

From 1983 to 1994, Recep's political activities were continuously linked to the activities of the Welfare Party, which was actively involved in the ruling Islamic coalition. Then the future president of Turkey was able to establish contact with the local residents of Istanbul, who in 1994 elected him mayor of the city. As mayor, Erdogan proved himself worthy - thanks to him in the cultural center of Turkey solved problems related to the greening of the city, garbage removal, providing people with water and social issues in favor of citizens.

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In 1997, the Welfare Party, which the politician continued to support, was banned in Turkey, leading Erdogan to resign and then be sentenced and jailed for 10 months for Islamist propaganda. However, the future Turkish leader spent only 4 months in prison and was released early in July 1999.

After his release, Tayyip did not change his political views or goals. He re-created a similar previous Justice Party, in which he became chairman. In 2002, Erdogan's party won more seats in parliament, allowing it to form a one-party government and implement reforms in the country independently of other political organizations.

In March 2003, Recep Erdogan was appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, in whose hands the country's main power was concentrated at the time. His main achievements in office were monetary reform, successful fight against corruption, construction of new power plants and social institutions, strengthening democracy in the country.

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Erdogan's tenure as prime minister is described as a "silent revolution" as the EU then began to emphasize that the new prime minister's policies had led to the infringement of freedom of speech in Turkey.

Erdogan held the post of Prime Minister until August 2014, after which he announced his intention to run for the presidency of the country in the first popular elections of Turkey, as previously the head of the Turkish state was elected not by the people, but by the parliament. He confidently won them and won almost 52% of the vote, becoming the first popular president of the country.

In his early days in office, Tayyip said he would stick to a policy of addressing the problems of religious and national minorities, as well as resolving the acute situations of the Middle East region. At the same time, he promised the people a new future, which will be based solely on the principle of social reconciliation.

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The Turkish President also continued the reform policy, which is aimed at modernizing the country's economy and liberalizing the political and public life of citizens. His reforms were aimed at joining the EU, but in 2015 this thorny issue, discussed for several decades, took a different direction - the Turkish leadership is no longer sure that the country needs the European Union, as Erdogan personally stated.

A separate achievement of Tayyip was the strengthening of Turkish-Russian relations. Since 2002, trade between Turkey and Russia has increased almost tenfold, and 17 agreements in the fields of energy, the army and transport have been concluded between Ankara and Moscow. Also, an agreement on visa-free regime for tourists has been concluded between Russia and Turkey.

In the fall of 2015, Erdogan paid a visit to Moscow, where he and President Mahmoud Abbas, along with Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, were a guest of the opening ceremony of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque after its reconstruction. The heads of the Russian regions - Ramzan Kadyrov, Rustam Minnihanov, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Ramazan Abdulatipov, as well as the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin - were also present at the event.

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At the celebration, Erdogan drew attention to the need for national and religious tolerance, which, in his opinion, is lacking in the countries of modern Europe. The President addressed the citizens of the European Union with the words of Leo Tolstoy's quote:

As early as November 2015, relations between Russia and Turkey sharply deteriorated due to the downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber on the border with Syria. As a result, the Russian leadership did not rule out the termination of relations with Ankara, as it considered the actions a planned provocation with the U.S. submission.

The alienation in the sphere of economic and political cooperation of the countries followed. To restore relations, Moscow demanded that Turkey fulfill three conditions: official guilty plea, punishment of the protesters, payment of compensation to relatives of the deceased and injured military. The leader of Turkey has so far fulfilled only the first condition.

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Over time, relations between the two states have returned to normal. Now joint economic and energy projects are being implemented in Turkey, one of which is the construction of a transit gas pipeline.

In 2016, the country was expecting another shock - an attempt of a coup was committed by the military bloc of Turkey. Erdogan named Islamist leader Fethullah Gulen as the mastermind of the insurgency. The president's entourage quickly reacted to the danger, the leader of the state quickly arrived in Istanbul.

It took two weeks to suppress the uprising, and 26,000 people were arrested. Man. After the putsch, Erdogan launched an initiative to return the death penalty, which drew the wrath of the European Union: the visa-free regime with the EU countries was abolished.

Tayyip Erdogan's personal life is not as rich as his political career. The Turkish president is married to Emin Gulbaran, who has supported her husband since 1978 on his difficult path to power. Like most of the first ladies of the world countries, Erdogan's wife is engaged in charity, for which she was awarded honorary prizes.

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The Turkish leader's family has four children, sons Nejmeddin Bilal and Ahmet Burak, as well as two daughters, Esra and Sumeje. It is known that Erdogan's sons work in the oil business and own at least 10 oil vessels. The president's daughters followed in their mother's footsteps by charity and women's rights in their country.

Erdogan's family lives in the new presidential palace of Ak-Sarai, built on the outskirts of Ankara. According to Western sources, the building includes 1,000 rooms, making it larger in size than the Russian Kremlin and the U.S. White House.

Erdogan still surprises the citizens of the country with a fit figure. Due to the excellent physical training he received at a young age, now his weight at the height of 183 cm does not exceed 97 kg. In personal photos, the leader of the nation looks spectacular. The Turkish president is trying to keep up with the times: he is registered on social networks "Instagram" and "Twitter".

Recep tries to monitor his health, but his condition periodically causes anxiety among medics. At the end of 2017, while at the morning service at the Mimar Sinan Mosque, the president fainted, which scared the worshippers. For several minutes the head of state was unconscious due to high blood sugar. When he came to his senses, he asked others not to worry.

In March 2019, it became known that the American leader Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which the Muslim world disagrees with. The U.S. could not help but react to this step by Tayyip Erdogan. The President stated that in this case the Christian shrine - the Cathedral of St. Sophia, located in Istanbul, he will have to give the status of a mosque.

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The Turkish leader is also concerned about the withdrawal of American troops from The Territory of Syria, which the terrorist group will soon use, and the Syrian-Turkish border will be in jeopardy. For the sake of discussing the prospects that the region expects, Recep visited the meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Awards

2006 - Medal "In memory of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan" 2012 - Order of the Golden Eagle 2011 - Order of Danaker 2014 - Order of Heydar Aliyev 2014 - Emeritus Professor, IMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan 2015 - Order of the State Flag 2015 - Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold I 2017 - The Chain of the Order of Mubarak the Great 2017 - The Grand Ribbon of the Order of the Republic 2018 - Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion 2018 - Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali

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