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Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, Athens, Greece, 14 May 2010

Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, Athens, Greece, 14 May 2010

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (born 26 February 1954) is the 12th and current President of Turkey, in office since 2014. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as the Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.

Originating from an Islamic political background and claiming to be a conservative democrat, his administration has overseen liberal economic and socially conservative policies.

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