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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkish President

Leading Turkey since 2003, first as prime minister, then as president.

«Political Islam, national pride and a strong presidency.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sits in the far right camp. The clearest positions are on sovereignty: strongly towards “sovereignty”; religion: strongly towards “religion”; state: strongly towards “authority”; society: strongly towards “tradition”. On economy it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is national conservatism (95%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

National conservatismThe Patriot95%Authoritarian nationalismThe Strongman95%GaullismThe General94%

Closest parties in Europe

Prawo i SprawiedliwośćPoland93%Fratelli d'ItaliaItaly90%Futuro NazionaleItaly90%VoxSpain89%

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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.