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Let’s take a look at the life of Turkey’s current president and former prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
date of birth: February 26, 1954
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Birth name: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
father: Ahmet Erdogan, Coast Guard and Captain
mother: Tenzire Erdogan
marriage: Emine (Gurbaran) Erdogan (4 July 1978 – present)
child: two daughters and two sons
education: 1981 Graduated from Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Marmara
religion: Muslim
Active in Islamic circles in the 1970s and 1980s.
Before Erdogan became a politician, he was a semi-professional football (soccer) player.
President Erdogan is seen as a polarizing figure. His supporters say he improved Turkey’s economy and introduced political reforms. Critics have accused Erdogan of authoritarian tendencies, corruption and extravagance.
Erdogan has also been heavily criticized for failing to protect women and human rights, restricting free speech and trying to limit Turkey’s secular identity.
Under President Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey has imposed restrictions on public religious expression, including banning women from wearing Islamic headscarves. Canceled.
It calls social media “the worst threat to society.”
1984- Elected as mayor of the Welfare Party.
1985- Elected leader of the Welfare Party’s Istanbul Province and a member of the party’s Central Executive Committee.
1994-1998- Mayor of Istanbul.
1998- The Welfare Party is banned. Erdogan is serving four months in prison for inciting religious hatred after reciting a controversial poem.
From August 2001 Co-founded the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).
2002-2003- Erdogan’s AKP won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections and he was appointed prime minister.
2003-2014- serve as prime minister.
From June 2011 The AKP won by a large margin in parliamentary elections, securing a third term for President Erdogan.
June 2013 – Anti-government protests target President Erdogan’s policies, including plans to turn parks into shopping malls, and call for political reforms. Thousands are reported to have been injured in the clashes.
December 2013 – A corruption probe is launched investigating more than 50 suspects, including members of Erdogan’s inner circle. The following month, the government fired his 350 police officers amid an investigation. After 10 months, prosecutors drop the investigation.
From March 2014 rear Erdogan threatens to ‘destroy’ Twitter At a campaign rally, Turkey bans social media sites, followed by a two-week nationwide blackout.
From August 10, 2014 Erdogan is elected president in Turkey’s first direct elections.
From November 2014 Speaking at a summit hosted by a women’s group in Istanbul, Erdogan said: Women and men are not equal “because they are different”. This is not the first time a Turkish leader has made controversial statements about women. Previously, he told Turkish college students that they shouldn’t be “picky” when choosing a husband, saying that every Turkish woman has three I called on you to have a child of
From June 7, 2015 In Turkey’s parliamentary elections, the AKP won 41% of the vote.
July 15-16, 2016 – At least 161 people were killed and 1,140 injured in an attempted coup by military factions. Addressing the nation via FaceTime, Erdogan called on people to take to the streets to confront the military factions behind the riots. He blames the coup attempt on rival cleric and rival Fethofla Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania.
From April 16, 2017 A constitutional amendment to expand Erdogan’s powers will be voted on. Turkish state media reports that about 51% of people voted in favor of the referendum. This could abolish the country’s parliamentary system and allow President Erdogan to stay in office until his 2029. Minor rule changes, silencing dissent voices, dominating the “yes” campaign in the media. The Republican People’s Party opposition leader has said he plans to challenge the election results in court.
May 16, 2017 – Erdogan meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House. At a joint press conference, Erdogan praised Trump’s election victory and vowed to help the US fight terrorism. To do. Turkish security guards stormed a line of protesters and kicked people to the ground, injuring nine.
From October 12, 2017 Erdogan accuses the US of sacrificing its relationship with Turkey in a speech delivered days after the arrest of a US consular official and the announcement that he would refuse to recognize the authority of US ambassador John Bass. . Erdogan has accused Bass and other officials left from the Obama administration of sabotaging relations between the two countries.
From December 2017 In response to Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Erdogan declared the move null and void and announced Turkey’s intention to open a Turkish embassy in Jerusalem.
June 24, 2018 – re-elected as president.
From November 2, 2018 The order to kill Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi came “from the highest levels of the Saudi government,” Erdogan wrote. Opinion article in the Washington Post. Friendly relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia “do not mean turning a blind eye to the premeditated murders unfolding before our very eyes,” he wrote.
January 8, 2019 – After backing the US decision to begin withdrawing troops from Syria, Erdogan said that US national security adviser John Bolton had made a “serious mistake” and that Turkey would He told reporters the United States would only withdraw from Syria if it promised not to attack its allies. There. “Bolton’s statement in Israel is unacceptable. It is impossible for me to swallow it,” Erdogan said in a speech to parliament. “Bolton has made a grave mistake. If he thinks so, he has made a big mistake. We will not compromise.”
From January 14, 2019 Trump and Erdogan said in a phone call the day after Trump threatened to “economically devastate Turkey” if NATO allies attack Kurds in the region, “the continued We discussed about cooperation.
October 9, 2019 – Turkey launched a military offensive in northeastern Syria days after the Trump administration announced that US troops would be withdrawing from the border. Erdogan’s Operation Peace Spring is an effort to drive Kurdish forces out of the border and use the area to resettle some two million Syrian refugees.
From October 22, 2019 Erdogan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, where the men announced a broad agreement on Syria and announced that Russian and Turkish troops would patrol the Turkish-Syrian border. Kurdish forces have about six days to withdraw about 20 miles from the border.
From January 2, 2020 Turkey’s parliament allows Erdogan to send troops for one year to deal with Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar’s attack on the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, Libya.
From December 20, 2021 Erdogan has launched a number of new and unorthodox economic measures in Turkey, including compensating Turkish savers worried about the plummeting value of their nest eggs by compensating for the impact of the lira’s depreciation on deposits. revealed plans to support the lira of A few days ago, President Erdogan announced that he would raise the country’s minimum wage by nearly 50% in hopes that it would lead to relief for struggling workers.
From February 5, 2022 Erdogan announced on Twitter that he and his wife had contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and were experiencing mild symptoms.
From February 7, 2023 Erdogan has declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6.