Where was Recep Tayyip Erdogan born and raised?
Erdoğan was born in the Kasımpaşa, a poor neighborhood of Istanbul, to which his family had moved from Rize Province in the 1930s. Erdoğan tribe is originally from Adjara, part of Republic of Georgia.
How many brothers and sisters does Erdogan have?
Erdoğan spent his early childhood in Rize, where his father was a captain in the Turkish Coast Guard. Erdoğan had a brother Mustafa (b. 1958) and sister Vesile (b. 1965). From his father’s first marriage to Havuli Erdoğan (d. 1980), he had two half-brothers: Mehmet (1926–1988) and Hasan (1929–2006).
What did Erdogan use the Ak Saray for?
Ak Saray was originally designed as a new office for the Prime Minister. However, upon assuming the presidency, Erdoğan announced that the palace would become the new Presidential Palace, while the Çankaya Köşkü will be used by the Prime Minister instead.
When did the military attempt to remove Erdogan?
On 15 July 2016, a coup d’état was attempted by the military, with aims to remove Erdoğan from government. By the next day, Erdoğan’s government managed to reassert effective control in the country.
Born in February 1954, Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew up the son of a coastguard, on Turkey’s Black Sea coast.
When did Recep Tayyip Erdogan become president of Turkey?
Erdoğan took the oath of office on 28 August 2014 and became the 12th president of Turkey. He administered the new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s oath on 29 August. When asked about his lower-than-expected 51.79% share of the vote, he allegedly responded, “there were even those who did not like the Prophet.
What did Necmettin Erbakan do for a living?
With the Millî Görüş ideology, Erbakan was the founder and leader of several prominent Islamic political parties in Turkey from the 1960s to the 2010s, namely the National Order Party (MNP), the National Salvation Party (MSP), the Welfare Party (RP), the Virtue Party (FP), and the Felicity Party (SP).
Who is Erbakan Sabri and where is he from?
Erbakan was born in Sinop, at the coast of Black Sea in northern Turkey. His father was Mehmet Sabri, a judge from the prestigious Kozanoğlu family (Oghuz Turks, Afshar tribe) of Cilicia and his mother Kamer was a native of Sinop and the second wife of Mehmet Sabri.