Erdogan - President of Turkey - former prime minister of Turkey - who is Erdogan -Turkish politician serving as 12th and current President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 - 98
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Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.

Throughout his life he often returned to this spiritual home, and
in 2015 he opened a vast mosque on a mountaintop near village. The family returned to Istanbul when Erdoğan was 13 years old.


In the June 2011 elections, Erdoğan's governing party won 327 seats (49.83% of the popular vote) making Erdoğan the only prime minister in Turkey's history to win three consecutive general elections, each time receiving more votes than the previous election.

The second party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), received 135 seats (25.94%), the nationalist MHP received 53 seats (13.01%), and the Independents received 35 seats (6.58%).
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