Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Emerging from a modest conservative Muslim family in Istanbul, he pursued studies at the Aksaray Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences after completing religious schooling at İmam Hatip High School. Early political activity led to his election as mayor of Istanbul (1994-1998) and later to the co-founding of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. Following a brief imprisonment, he g…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources