TR·Türkiye·AKP
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of Türkiye
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President of Türkiye. Government has overseen mass prosecutions of opposition (Kavala, Demirtaş); central bank independence concerns; large-scale graft allegations.
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18 days ago
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Deep research · Exaupdated 18 days ago
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has faced several significant legal and corruption controversies throughout his career.
In 1998, he was convicted of inciting religious hatred for reciting a poem and was banned from politics, serving time in prison until 1999. In 2025, he was acquitted in the long-running Akbil trial, which involved allegations of embezzlement, fraud, and corruption during his 1994–1998 tenure as mayor of Istanbul.
In 2013, a major bribery and corruption scandal implicated his cabinet ministers and family members. Erdoğan blocked the prosecution of ministers involved by influencing parliamentary committees. He officially characterized the investigation as a "judicial coup" by the Gülen movement, leading to the dismissal or arrest of the investigators involved.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
en.wikipedia.org · 2003-11-23
Erdoğan quietly acquitted in corruption case dating back to his time as İstanbul mayor - Turkish Minute
www.turkishminute.com · 2025-12-12
Erdoğan blocked prosecution of ministers implicated in 2013 graft probe: ex-AKP lawmaker - Turkish Minute
turkishminute.com · 2025-01-06
2013 corruption scandal in Turkey
en.wikipedia.org
Erdoğan prevented ex-ministers’ trial for graft, former PM says - Turkish Minute
turkishminute.com · 2021-09-09
Checks disappeared after Turkey buried the 2013 graft probe. 12 years later, Erdoğan owns the balances. - Turkish Minute
turkishminute.com · 2025-12-17
2013 corruption scandal in Turkey
web.archive.org · 2013-12-24
Erdoğan blocked prosecution of ministers implicated in 2013 graft probe: ex-AKP lawmaker - Stockholm Center for Freedom
stockholmcf.org · 2025-01-06
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