Recep Tayyip Erdoan Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Family, Biography

Publish date: 2024-05-03

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Quick Info
Height	6 ft
Weight	74 kg
Date of Birth	February 26, 1954
Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Spouse	Emine Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician known for having served as the 12th president of the Republic of Turkey while also serving as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014. Moreover, he topped the “World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims 2019” list from the Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.

Born Name

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Nick Name

Recep

Sun Sign

Pisces

Born Place

Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey

Residence

Presidential Complex, Ankara, Turkey

Nationality

Education

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan studied at institutions like Kasımpaşa Piyale Primary School, İmam Hatip School, and Eyüp High School. As per his official biography, he then attended the Aksaray School of Economics and Commercial Sciences (later known as Marmara University‘s Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences) and studied Business Administration.

Occupation

Politician

Family

Father – Ahmet Erdoğan
Mother – Tenzile Erdoğan (née Mutlu)
Siblings – Mustafa (Younger Brother), Vesile (Younger Sister)
Others – Mehmet (Older Half Brother) (1926-1988), Hasan (Older Half Brother) (1929-2006), Selçuk Bayraktar (Son-In-Law, Sümeyye’s Husband) (Defense Industrialist Engineer)

Build

Slim

Height

6 ft or 183 cm

Weight

74 kg or 163 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dated –

Emine Erdoğan (1978-Present) – He got married to Emine Erdoğan on July 4, 1978, and they parent 4 children – 2 sons named Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (b. July 4, 1979) and Bilal Erdoğan (b. April 23, 1981) and 2 daughters named Esra Erdoğan (b. 1983) and Sümeyye Erdoğan (b. August 22, 1985).

Race / Ethnicity

White

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is of Turkish descent.

Hair Color

Salt and Pepper

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Receding hairline
Sports a mustache

Religion

Sunni Islam

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Facts

On June 1, 2006, the President of the Russian Federation honored him with the State medal.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that empowering LGBT people in Turkey was “against the values of our nation”.

He has been in denial of the Armenian genocide and has suggested several times that Turkey would acknowledge the mass killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I as genocide only after a thorough investigation by a joint Turkish-Armenian commission consisting of historians, archaeologists, political scientists and other experts.

Regarding the I Apologize campaign started by Turkish intellectuals to recognize the Armenian Genocide, he said, “I neither accept nor support this campaign. We did not commit a crime, therefore we do not need to apologize … It will not have any benefit other than stirring up trouble, disturbing our peace and undoing the steps which have been taken”.

In May 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected as the President of Turkey.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has garnered a massive fan base on social media with more than 16 million followers on Twitter, more than 10 million followers on Facebook, more than 8 million followers on Instagram, and more than 100k subscribers on YouTube.

Featured Image by Mikhail Palinchak / Official website of President of Ukraine / CC BY 4.0

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