Recep Tayyip Erdogan Biography

Birth of Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Convicted of inciting religious hatred

The Justice and Development Party emerges from the remnants of former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakans Welfare Party, which was forcibly dismantled four years after Erbakans 1997 resignation as a result of the 1997 Army coup

The Justice and Development Party emerges from the remnants of former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakans Welfare Party, which was forcibly dismantled four years after Erbakans 1997 resignation as a result of the 1997 Army coup

People with convictions can stand for political off

The International Monetary Fund agrees a $18 billion loan package

Gul resigns to allow Erdogan to become Prime Minister

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey

Colin Powell leads a "fact-finding" mission for co-operation in a war with Iraq

Turkey expels 3 Iraqi diplomats

Kharrazi meets Turkish officials to discuss the war & the Kurdish enclave in Iraq

Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Kirkuk

Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Mosul

Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Kirkuk

Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Mosul

The Turkish & Greek Prime Minister meet but reject each others proposals

Schwimmer says Turkeys reform plans should be sufficient for EU membership

Schwimmer says Turkeys reform plans should be sufficient for EU membership

Observers are sent into Iraq to review Turkeys intervention if Kurds stay in Kirkuk

Observers are sent into Iraq to review Turkeys intervention if Kurds stay in Kirkuk

Schwimmer says Turkeys reform plans should be sufficient for EU membership

The International Monetary Fund releases $701 million in loans to Turkey

Erdogan says Turkey is the best country to rebuild Iraq

Says he would like the Parliamentary system to be replaced by a presidential system

UN trucks filled with lentils & sugar enter north Iraq from Turkey

The French Foreign Miniser states the benefits of allowing Turkey into the EU. The French Foreign Miniser praises Turkeys moderation & restraint during the war

The French Foreign Miniser states the benefits of allowing Turkey into the EU

The French Foreign Miniser states the benefits of allowing Turkey into the EU

Celebrations all over Turkey mark the 83rd anniversary of the foundation of Parliament

3,000 Greek & Turkish Cypriots cross the internal divide for the 1st time in 30 yrs

US forces catch a Turkish special team entering Krkuk

The Greek-Cypriot Government will lift its trade embargo on the Turkish-Cypriots

The Greek-Cypriot Government will lift its trade embaro on the Turkish-Cypriots

The Greek-Cypriot Government will lift its trade embargo on the Turkish-Cypriots

The AKP has undertaken significant structural reforms and its policy achievements have seen rapid growth and an end to Turkeys three decade long period of hyperinflation-inflation had fallen to 8.8% by June 2004

The AKP has undertaken significant structural reforms and its policy achievements have seen rapid growth and an end to Turkeys three decade long period of hyperinflation-inflation had fallen to 8.8% by June 2004

In the local elections of 2004, the AKP wins an unprecedented 42% of the valid votes

The AKP is admitted as an observer member in the European Peoples Party (EPP), the conservative party of the EU

The AKP achieves a landslide victory in the rescheduled July 22 2007 elections with 46.6% of the vote, translating into control of 341 of the 550 available Parliamentary seats. Overall, the AKP secures a plurality of votes in 68 of Turkeys 81 provinces, with its strongest vote of 71% coming from Bing”l

Launches a Turkish military operation in northern Syria.

Turkey confirms its first COVID-19 case.

Hosts the agreement enabling grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports

Turkey helps broker a grain export agreement.