Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Current President of Turkey. In 2002, the AK Party won a majority in Parliament under his leadership. After that, he ruled the country continuously for 20 years. After his party won in 2002, the opposition made many predictions about Turkey. Many of their claims have been proven false.
Dvmitar Bechev, a lecturer at Oxford University, has written a book on the assessment of Erdogan’s 20-year rule. He thinks Erdogan started a cultural revolution after his victory. Grassroots leaders of his party increased engagement with the people.
Since then, his popularity has grown steadily beyond imagination. As a result, his position in the election became stronger. Erdogan’s party has succeeded in implementing public welfare social policies. Till today he is following the path shown by Nazimuddin Erbakan.
Turkey could not join the European Union. However, Erdogan had to do a lot of development and organizational work while making this effort. The Erdogan government has been able to deal well with the allegations of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
His government denied the allegations and was able to build public opinion nationwide. In terms of economic system, he moved away from the old system and adopted a new policy. He intervened and implemented tough policies on important issues like Syria and Libya.
He reformed the judicial system. Recep Tayyip Erdogan always claims that the will of the people is the most important to him. However, there are some criticisms of Erdogan. As the practice of democratic system in the country has decreased.
The independence of the judiciary has been undermined. The government’s relationship with the Kurdish people has deteriorated. In that book, the author praised Erdogan’s foreign policy. Despite various political conflicts, he has managed to maintain good relations with Russia by keeping everything aside.
During his time Turkey’s dominance in the Balkans increased. And Turkey’s position in the European Union market has become stronger than before.