Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of the 1999 Izmit earthquake. So when another devastating quake laid waste to large ...

Neither longtime Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu were able to win more than 50% of the vote. That means Turkey is heading for a runoff on May 28.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a President for Turkey with 33 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2004 Statement as a Prime Minister for Turkey.