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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s formal declaration of assets, in line with procedures needed in order to run for the presidency, has been greeted by speculation that it may not reflect his entire fortune, prompting a main opposition deputy to file a complaint on charges that Erdoğan is “hiding his assets from the public.”

A Turkish footballer has promised to remove his tattoos, following a rebuke by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s 12th president, is a former footballer, imam, businessman and a mayor of Istanbul. Ideologically, he comes from a political culture of secular/pluralistic libertarianism matured in the 1990s and reflected itself in his various public speeches including, “Marriage certificates should be issued by imams, not by municipal officials.” (Jan.

Economists should refrain from delving into politics, even indirectly. That’s what I learned on July 1, which was incidentally also the date that sealed the fate of the Turkish economy for the rest of the summer.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the ruling Justice and Development Party’s candidate, filed his declaration of property to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on the final day before the deadline, displaying how his financial assets had grown from 2011 to 2014.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the ruling Justice and Development Party’s candidate, filed his declaration of property to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on the final day before the deadline, displaying how his financial assets had grown from 2011 to 2014. Presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş also filed his declaration of property to the YSK on the same day as Erdoğan.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan instructs his party’s leaders to avoid ‘double-headed management’ if he is elected president and also stressed that ‘the three-term rule’ would be maintained Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has instructed his party’s leaders to avoid “double-headed management” if he is elected president in August’s elections, Justice and Deve

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials have declined opposition calls for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to resign, following his nomination for the presidential elections, announced on July 1.

“Prime Minister Erdoğan’s resignation due to his candidacy is out of the question,” Deputy Prime Minister Emrullah İşler told reporters on July 2.  

It must have been a very difficult decision to make. The presidency of the Turkish Republic must have been a very attractive post for a politician, even if he might have been exercising far more powers than the president as the prime minister.

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has called for a “democratic and civilized” race, following the nomination of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the upcoming presidential election.