(b. February 26, 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey) turkish prime minister and leader of Justice and Development Party, AKP).
Erdoğan's Islamist sympathies earned him a conviction in 1998. As Mayor of Istanbul, Erdoğan was the most prominent mayor in the country. Because he was a national figure and hero to millions of Islamic-oriented voters, his case drew considerable attention.He was given a prison sentence after he had read this well-known Islamic poem.