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'''Recep Tayyip Erdoğan''' is a [[Turkish]] politician, a former mayor of [[Istanbul]], the Prime Minister of the Republic of [[Turkey]] from 14 March 2003 to 28 August 2014 and president since 2014. He is also the chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), which holds a majority of the seats in the Turkish Parliament.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan</ref>  

'''Recep Tayyip Erdoğan''' is a [[Turkish]] politician, a former mayor of [[Istanbul]], the Prime Minister of the Republic of [[Turkey]] from 14 March 2003 to 28 August 2014 and president since 2014. He is also the chairman of the Justice and Development Party (''Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi'', AKP), which holds a majority of the seats in the Turkish Parliament.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan</ref>  

== Positions ==

== Positions ==

== Criticisms ==

== Criticisms ==

[[John Kerry]] criticized Erdogan for his equal enforcement of [[Zionism]] with [[Fascism]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/01/official-kerry-to-rap-turkey-pm-for-remark/</ref> He was also criticized by the conservative governor [[Rick Perry]] for his aggression against the Jewish state of [[Israel]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/17/perry-draws-turkey-rebuke-over-debate-comments/</ref> Erdoğan said that [[Hamas]] is a "resistance group".<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/ryan-mauro/israels-apology-crowns-turkeys-erdogan-leader-of-islamist-world/</ref> After [[Omar Hassan al-Bashir]] caused a genocide against Christians, Erdoğan defended Bashir and answered: 'Muslims Don't Cause Genocide'.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134297</ref>  

[[John Kerry]] criticized Erdoğan for his equal enforcement of [[Zionism]] with [[Fascism]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/01/official-kerry-to-rap-turkey-pm-for-remark/</ref> He was also criticized by the conservative governor [[Rick Perry]] for his aggression against the Jewish state of [[Israel]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/17/perry-draws-turkey-rebuke-over-debate-comments/</ref> Erdoğan said that [[Hamas]] is a "resistance group".<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/ryan-mauro/israels-apology-crowns-turkeys-erdogan-leader-of-islamist-world/</ref> After [[Omar Hassan al-Bashir]] caused a genocide against Christians, Erdoğan defended Bashir and answered: 'Muslims Don't Cause Genocide'.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134297</ref>  

==External links==

==External links==