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,
B. G. L. Swamy of his books cover plants used in everyday life in a scientific manner — such as "Namma hotteyalli Dakshina amerika" ("South America in our stomach"). Other works by Swamy pertain to literature, and some are partially autobiographical, dealing with his experiences as professor and principal. Apart from being an acclaimed botanist, B G L Swamy was widely respected in the history and literary circles. He extensively studied and researched the histories and literatures of the Kannada and Tamil languages. His book "Tamilu Talegala Naduve" ("Among Tamil heads") is devoted to examining theories pertaining to language's origins (examining the claims that