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,
Turgut Doğan Şahin Turgut Doğan Şahin Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 2 February 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays for TFF Second League club Fatih Karagümrük. Şahin was born in Tarsus, Mersin. He began his footballing career as an 11-year-old with Yeşilova Yeni Ufukspor. He was transferred to Sefaköy Özmuratspor in 1999, and earned a transfer to Samsunspor in 2004. After spending a season playing for the A2 team, where he scored 11 goals in 26 matches, Şahin was signed to a five-year professional contract. He made his debut as a substitute on 9 December 2006, coming on for Mustafa Çiçek