Public image of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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The public image of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan concerns the image of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, current President of Turkey, among residents of Turkey and worldwide.
Rating and polls
International polling
Opinions of Erdoğan from outside Turkey varies from region and time of his
Country polled | Favorable | Unfavorable | Net score |
---|---|---|---|
Vietnam | 64% |
8% |
+56 |
Afghanistan | 74% |
20% |
+54 |
Kosovo | 57% |
10% |
+47 |
Indonesia | 58% |
13% |
+45 |
Albania | 65% |
30% |
+35 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 61% |
29% |
+32 |
Bangladesh | 53% |
26% |
+27 |
Pakistan | 61% |
34% |
+27 |
Moldova | 48% |
22% |
+26 |
Mexico | 50% |
27% |
+23 |
Turkey | 58% |
36% |
+22 |
Kazakhstan | 42% |
21% |
+21 |
Azerbaijan | 26% |
7% |
+19 |
North Macedonia | 47% |
29% |
+18 |
Nigeria | 43% |
27% |
+16 |
Iran | 46% |
30% |
+16 |
Japan | 21% |
6% |
+15 |
Ethiopia | 29% |
14% |
+15 |
South Korea | 28% |
13% |
+15 |
Romania | 46% |
32% |
+14 |
Ukraine | 52% |
39% |
+13 |
Ghana | 28% |
15% |
+13 |
Russia | 40% |
30% |
+10 |
India | 19% |
9% |
+10 |
Colombia | 35% |
29% |
+6 |
Brazil | 29% |
23% |
+6 |
Ecuador | 17% |
12% |
+5 |
South Africa | 30% |
27% |
+3 |
Thailand | 16% |
13% |
+3 |
Philippines | 27% |
25% |
+2 |
Iraq | 44% |
52% |
-8 |
Peru | 14% |
23% |
-9 |
Argentina | 16% |
32% |
-16 |
Hong Kong | 19% |
43% |
-24 |
Poland | 16% |
42% |
-26 |
United States | 6% |
33% |
-27 |
Serbia | 25% |
55% |
-30 |
Latvia | 11% |
50% |
-39 |
United Kingdom | 9% |
53% |
-44 |
France | 13% |
58% |
-45 |
Ireland | 10% |
57% |
-47 |
Italy | 12% |
59% |
-47 |
Bulgaria | 12% |
65% |
-53 |
Czech Republic | 10% |
63% |
-53 |
Croatia | 12% |
66% |
-54 |
Spain | 8% |
62% |
-54 |
Sweden | 6% |
73% |
-67 |
Netherlands | 10% |
79% |
-69 |
Slovenia | 9% |
79% |
-70 |
Austria | 10% |
63% |
-73 |
Armenia | 7% |
81% |
-74 |
Germany | 10% |
85% |
-75 |
Greece | 9% |
88% |
-79 |
Comparative polling
Erdoğan is the most popular world leader for Arab youths, according to the results of a poll, carried out by the Arab Barometer research network for BBC News Arabic. The survey polled the opinions of 25,000 youths across the Arab world on a wide variety of subjects.[3]
Donald Trump | Vladimir Putin | Recep Tayyip Erdogan | |
---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 12% | 30% | 66% |
Egypt | 15% | 29% | 15% |
Iraq | 16% | 38% | 38% |
Jordan | 6% | 14% | 77% |
Lebanon | 12% | 36% | 30% |
Libya | 14% | 44% | 22% |
Morocco | 14% | 24% | 61% |
Palestine | 6% | 19% | 72% |
Sudan | 21% | 31% | 78% |
Tunisia | 10% | 32% | 53% |
Yemen | 5% | 11% | 54% |
Average | 12% | 28% | 51% |
Perception
Accusations of antisemitism
Erdoğan referred to the
As a younger man, in 1974, Erdogan wrote, directed, and gave himself the lead role in the play Mas-Kom-Ya, which presented freemasonry, communism, and Judaism as world evils.[16][17] The play features a Muslim factory worker, who sent his son to Europe where the son became influenced by the West, ultimately ending with a Jewish "agitator" posing as a Muslim Turk and inciting the workers against the factory owner, who dies; at one climactic moment, a devoutly Muslim character shouts "all evil regimes are inventions of Jews!"[18][19]
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When during a televised press conference he was asked if he believed a
In 2014, in response to the Soma mining disaster which killed 300 people, pro-Erdogan Islamist media accused the "Jewish media" and Israel for culpability,[22] and Erdogan himself was filmed saying "why are you running away, spawn of Israel",[23] in what was considered a "clear anti-Semitic slur" by Kemal Silay and Gunther Jikeli.[16]
Neo-Ottomanism
As President, Erdoğan has overseen a revival of
Anti-smoking activism
He is a well known anti-smoking activist, and often approaches people he sees smoking aiming for them to quit it.[32] During his international journey to the 77th United Nations assembly he collected a cigarette pack of a smoker in the Central Park in New York,[32] and Daily Sabah also reported that he compelled the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria Daniel Mitov to quit smoking during the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland.[33] Erdoğan usually demands the smoker to sign the cigarette package he carries, and following deliver it to him.[34] In 2009 his Government passed a law which prohibits smoking in public places[35] and in 2010, he was awarded the "WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award" for his anti smoking activism.[36] On occasion of the Turkish Quit Smoking Day in 2016,[36] an exhibition with the cigarette boxes he had collected so far was displayed at the Presidential Palace.[37]
References
- ^ "Erdogan: Turkey has other plans if EU membership fails". Turkse Media (in Dutch). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Gallup International's 41st Annual Global End of Year Survey" (PDF). WIN/GIA. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Are Arabs turning their backs on religion?". BBC. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Halil M. Karaveli; M. K. Kaya (9 November 2009). "Islamic conservative and nationalist views on Jews and Israel: another convergence of perceptions?". Turkey Analyst. 2 (20). Central Asia-Caucasus Institute – Silk Road Studies Program. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Jikeli, Günther; Silay, Kemal (May 22, 2014). "'Spawn of Israel': Erdogan's anti-Semitic obsessions". Haaretz. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Singer, Sean R. "Erdogan's Muse: The School of Necip Fazil Kisakurek". World Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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- ^ "Antisemitism in the Turkish Media (Part III): Targeting Turkey's Jewish Citizens". memri.
- ^ Ravid, Barak (January 26, 2010). "Israel accuses Turkish PM of inciting anti-Semitism". Haaretz. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "'Spawn of Israel': Erdogan's anti-Semitic obsessions". Haaretz.
- ISBN 978-0253008909.
- ^ "Erdogan ahead of elections: 'Jewish money behind New York Times'". The Jerusalem Post. 6 June 2015.
- ^ Taylor, Adam (10 June 2015). "17 things Turkey's Erdogan has said about journalists". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Turkey's Erdogan: 'Jewish Capital' Is Behind New York Times". Haaretz. 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b "'Spawn of Israel': Erdogan's Anti-Semitic Obsessions". Haaretz. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Ve Erdoğan sahnede!". Vatan. May 2, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Erdemir, Aykan; Kessler, Oren (May 15, 2017). "A Turkish TV blockbuster reveals Erdogan's conspiratorial, anti-Semitic worldview". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Ozan Ekin Gökşin. "Masonlar, Komünistler, Yahudiler". Avlaremoz. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ Erdoğan: Presidential system with unitary state possible just like Hitler's Germany Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Zaman, 1 January 2016
- ^ "Turkey: President Erdogan's office denies advocating Hitler-style rule". The Independent. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Pro-Erdogan Paper Blames Mine Disaster on the Jews". Haaretz. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Watch: Erdogan shouts anti-Israel slur at protestor". Haaretz. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "T.C. CUMHURBAŞKANLIĞI : Cumhurbaşkanlığı". tccb.gov.tr.
- ^ Oktay Özilhan. "AKP'nin şarkısında 'Uzun adam' gitti 'Osmanlı torunu' geldi ! – Taraf Gazetesi". Taraf Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Erdoğan: Kampus değil, külliye". ilk-kursun.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ "Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The 'new sultan' now has a new palace – and it has cost Turkish taxpayers £400m". The Independent.
- ^ "Turkey's New Sultan". The Wall Street Journal. 13 August 2014.
- ^ "The next sultan?". The Economist. 16 August 2014.
- ^ Akkoc, Raziye (2 February 2015). "'Turkey's president is not acting like the Queen – he is acting like a sultan'". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Akkoc, Raziye (30 January 2015). "Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: I want to be like Queen of UK". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "Erdoğan asks an American to quit smoking at Central Park". Gazete Duvar. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "President Erdoğan convinces Bulgarian foreign minister to quit smoking at NATO Warsaw Summit". Daily Sabah. 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Kucuksahin, Sukru (2016). "Are books and movies promoting smoking and drinking? Erdogan thinks so - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Türkischer Präsident: Erdogan bestraft Raucher selbst". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ a b "Presidency Of The Republic Of Turkey : President Erdoğan to Host Reception for People who Quitted Smoking". www.tccb.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Cigarette packages collected by Erdoğan exhibited at the Presidency". Gazete Duvar. 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2023-02-23.