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Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN

Politician

Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Redžep Tajjip Erdoan · Redžeps Tajjips Erdogans · Rejep Taýýyp Ärdogan · 28 more...				[sources]
Alias	Erdogan, Recep Tayyip · R.Tayyip Erdoğan · Rajab Dayib Erdogaan · Receb Tayyib Erdoğan · Recep Erdogan · 105 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Erdogan · Erdogán · Erdoğan · Erdoğán · RTE · 18 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-02-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Beyoğlu · Istanbul · Kasımpaşa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Recep · Tayyip				[sources]
Last name	Erdoğan				[sources]
Political association	Justice and Development Party · National Salvation Party · Virtue Party · Welfare Party				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com · www.tccb.gov.tr · www.tccb.gov.tr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q39259				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · President · President of Turkey (2014-) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Marmara University (-1981) · İmam Hatip school				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of Turkey since 2014

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-10-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bilal Erdoğan Politician	child · father	-	-
Emine Erdoğan Politician

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the Republic of Türkiye	2014-08-10	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Berat Albayrak Politician	father-in-law · relative · son-in-law · wife's father	-	-

Data sources

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government873

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,958

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,060

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,266

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-3a59821634c9386b65dcdc5974175057e3d1c0a9 · us-cia-turkey-recep-tayyip-erdogan-president · unprot-2c5270a2d66ebd3f22d9d1050e559603235ff0d6 · evpo-8eb878de-9491-47b1-b5a0-a01675095109 · us-cia-turkey-turkiye-recep-tayyip-erdogan-president · unprot-e426e4ba83caa57e9ac7e18cd6ed0bb7233bc34f

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