Recep Tayyip Erdogan (1954) is the political leader who has most marked Turkey since the founder of the Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Much of his voter base continues to trust him because of the economic boost he brought to the country after a severe crisis in 1999.
He has made the construction and improvement of infrastructure the backbone of his mandate. Turkey decides at the polls between the continuity of Erdogan's mandate or the end of his. He turned a new system approved by the Turkish constitution into a presidential system where the head of state concentrates powers.