Presidential elections were held in Turkey on 10 August 2014 in order to elect the 12th President. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected outright with an absolute majority of the vote in the
Erdogan 2014
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, serving leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) since 2001 and Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003, received 311 nominations.
The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The most likely candidate for president was Abdullah Gül. Turkey's p
2014 Turkish presidential election
…a vote amongst their members to choose a candidate. Controversy arose over the allegations that İhsanoğlu had been a potential AKP candidate in the 2007 presidential election if Abdullah Gül was unable to win parliamentary approval. However, Gül was elected president with the help of the Nationalist Movement Party. İhsanoğlu…
Abdullah Gül Senate of Poland
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Abdullah Gül, former Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkey from the Justice and Development Party (AK Party)
Turkish demonstrators in the large square before the Anıtkabir