Meet Turkey’s President
Wikipedia
The President of Turkey(Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanı) is the head of state of the Republic of Turkey. The Presidency is largely a ceremonial office but has some important functions. In this capacity, the President represents the Republic of Turkey, and the unity of the Turkish nation, as well as ensuring the implementation of the Constitution of Turkey and the organized and harmonious functioning of the organs of state. The articles from 101 to 106 of the Constitution establish all the requirements, election, duties, and responsibilities for the office of the President. The office of the President of Turkey was established with the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1923. The President of Turkey is often informally referred to as the Reis-i Cumhur, meaning ‘President of the People’.[1][2]The current office-holder is the 12th President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since August 28, 2014.
—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Turkey
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Is the President of Turkey a dictator?
John Oliver: Is the President of Turkey a bafoon?
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The Lasting Legacy of Turkey’s First President
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk(pronounced [mustäˈfä ceˈmäl äˈtäˌtyɾc]; 19 May 1881(conventional) – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish army.
officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being thefounder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning “Father of the Turks”), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament.[1]
Atatürk was a military officer during World War I.[2]Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, he led the Turkish National Movement in the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Allies, eventually leading to victory in the Turkish War of Independence. Atatürk then embarked upon a program of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman
Empire into a modern andsecular nation-state. Under his leadership, thousands of new schools were built, primary education was made free and compulsory, and women were given equal civil and political rights, while the burden of taxation on peasants was reduced.[3] His government also carried out an extensive policy of Turkification.[4][5][6][7]