Who is Turkey's Erdoğan? How NATO's most unpredictable leader keeps reinventing himself

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has served as Turkey's president since 2014 and as prime minister from 2003 to 2014. He founded the Justice and Development Party in 2001. Trump described Erdoğan as "a friend" ahead of a NATO summit. Erdoğan has led Turkey through multiple political shifts, including the transition from parliamentary to presidential government in 2017.

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