Turkey’s longest-running leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will stay on as President for another five-year term, after a first-of-its-kind runoff election on Sunday saw him secure victory over his ...

1. Born Feb. 26, 1954, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan began his political career as the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey, from 1994 to 1998.Prior to that, he was a member of the Turkish Welfare Party and the ...