Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds Amine Tiras, a young girl in military uniform as he speaks to his ruling party members, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Feb. 24, 2018. AP ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly smacked a small child in the face ... Erdoğan held out his hand for the younger boy to kiss — a traditional sign of respect in Turkey — but ...

Recep Tayyip said he had so far enjoyed the benefits of having the same name as the president. "Our president is a beloved one, elected with 52.6 percent of the vote.

T urkish high-schoolers and university students are too young to remember Turkey before Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in power since 2003. But when police came for the Turkish president’s top opponent ...

Already bearing the family name Erdogan, his father called him Recep Tayyip after Turkey's president hoping his son would emulate his idol's success.Now the younger Erdogan wants to follow in his ...