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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dominated the country's politics for more than two decades. To answer the question how one man was able to remain popular for such a long period of time, it is necessary to understand his leadership secrets. In Political Leadership and Erdogan, former cabinet minister and long-time Erdogan aide Yalcin Akdogan provides valuable insights into the Turkish president's leadership profile and explains how he relates to centuries-old theories of leadership in Turkish and Islamic thought. This book is appropriate for political scientists, international relations experts, practitioners and historians as well as scholars of Turkey, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. It is also intended to supplement courses in leadership development, political communication and public relations theory.

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Yalcin Akdogan is an Associate Professor of Political Science. He received his Master's degree in Communication from the Institute of Social Sciences of Anadolu University, Turkey, and completed his PhD in Politics and Social Studies at the Institute of Social Sciences of Marmara University, Turkey. Having started his journalism career as an intern at Milliyet daily newspaper, he later published Ic Anadolu and wrote columns for the Yeni Safak and Star newspapers. His publications include Politics and the Divine; Thoughts on Life and Politics; The European Union and Turkey's Political Future; The AK Party and Conservative Democracy; and Civil-Military Relations: FETOE from Conspiracy to Military Coup. Upon entering public service, he served as Advisor to the Chairman of the Justice and Development Party and Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey. Akdogan was elected to Parliament as a representative for Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, for three terms and served as Deputy Prime Minister in the 62nd, 63rd and 64th governments of the Republic of Turkey. Akdogan currently serves in the Parliament as representative for Ankara.

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