Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

1954 – Present Turkey

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Who was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

Turkish politician who has served as President of Turkey since 2014, previously serving as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

February 26, 1954

Died

Present

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Height

1.85 m · 6'1"

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Zodiac Sign

Pisces

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