Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (; ; born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001, leading it to general election victories in 2002, 2007 and 2011 before standing down upon his election as President in 2014. Coming from an Islamist political background and as a self-described conservative democrat, he has promoted socially conservative and liberal economic policies in his administration. Under his administration,
Leonidas Lent Hamline up the plan of separation. He provided US$25,000 of his own money to launch a school, which became Hamline University. A statue of the bishop, sculpted by Michael Price, Professor of Art, stands on campus. Hamline was the first editor of the long-running 19th century Cincinnati-based periodical, "The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West". A number of his sermons are given in the "Works of L. L. Hamline, D. D.", edited by Rev. F. G. Hibbard, D. D., (two volumes, 1869). Leonidas Lent Hamline Leonidas Lent Hamline (pronounced as if it were "Hamlin") (1797 in Burlington, Connecticut – 1865)