Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Elected the 12th President on August 10, 2014, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the first President of the Republic of Türkiye elected by popular vote. Mr. Erdoğan was sworn in on July 9, 2018 as the first President of the Presidential System of Government, which Türkiye switched to following the constitutional amendment that was adopted in the referendum on April 16, 2017.