Turkish Politics | MCQs

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• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014.
• Erdoğan is serving as the first executive president, consistent with a presidential system.
• He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and
• as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.
• He also co-founded the Justice and Development Party in 2001.
• He was reelected for a 3rd term on 28 May 2023, which is set to last until May 2028.

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Tansu Çiller (born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academic, economist, and politician.

She was served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996.

She was Turkey's first and only female prime minister.

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Turkiye became a republic on 29 October 1923.

Mustafa Kamal Ataturk is known as the founder of Republic of Turkey.

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The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is the unicameral Turkish legislature.

It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution.

It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920.