Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the statue a "freak", and months later it was demolished. Aksoy sued Erdoğan for "moral indemnities", although his lawyer said that his statement was a critique rather than an insult. In March 2015, a judge ordered Erdoğan to pay Aksoy 10,000 lira. 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
Recep Çelik take part in the same event at the 2012 Olympics in London. Recep Çelik won the 20km event of the 2011 Balkan Race Walking Championship held on April 9 in Bucarest, Romania, clocking 1:22.31 and setting a new Turkish record. He qualified for participation in the 20 km walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Çelik tested positive for the anabolic steroid Metenolone in May 2012 and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. According to IAAF database, his personal bests are: Recep Çelik Recep Çelik (born June 10, 1983 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish racewalker. The tall