Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

, incumbent

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since 2014, was officially nominated as the presidential candidate of the

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(AKP) on 3 May 2018. Shortly thereafter, the nominally oppositional

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(MHP) reiterated that it would endorse Erdoğan's candidacy, and would jointly apply to the electoral commission for its formal registration. After the MHP announced that they will endorse Erdoğan’s campaign, the BBP announced the support for Erdoğan’s candidacy. In early May, it was confirmed by Erdoğan that he would be visiting the

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n capital of

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in the early stages of the campaign, most likely on 20 May 2018, and hold campaign rallies with the Bosnian Turks to drum up support for his re-election bid.

Program

*Defending “Yes” for the

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18 proposed amendments
to the

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( Full details) *"Our youth are our strongest quality, in terms of economic growth we will make the best use of this quality," Erdogan said, before promising more female participation in the country's workforce. *"When we K Partycame to government, we moved our country from low-wage level to mid-wage level, and now our aim is to move to higher levels on that scale," he said. *Relations with EU **”Erdogan's remarks came shortly after the country's central bank announced a sharp interest rate rise from 13.5 percent to 16.5 percent to halt the fall in the value of the lira.” **”He also said he will attempt to repair strained relations with countries in Europe.” **"We will strengthen our economic and political ties with various regional structures, especially the EU. We want all brotherly nations in our region and the world to reach better welfare, together with our nation," Erdogan said. *Women's participation **”Improving women's work opportunities will also continue to be high on the political agenda, the president said.” **"We have come a long way in bringing our women to the positions they deserve. We will continue to increase women's participation in every area, from politics to bureaucracy, culture to art, and to non-governmental activities," he said. *“Turkey will keep fighting with Kurdish separatists and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant who cause terror attacks in the country.”

Election result

Party representation

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References

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