Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

About Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a contemporary politician who has been a dominant figure in Turkish politics, most notably serving as President since 2014, following a prior term as Prime Minister. His historical importance, reflected in his MIT Pantheon HPI Rank of #593, stems from his long tenure and significant reshaping of Turkey's political landscape, economy, and international relations over several decades.

Despite this high historical ranking relative to the ~15,000 figures in the index, his current internet attention shows a substantial 'overattention' compared to his historical influence. Erdoğan garnered approximately 1.6 million annualized Wikipedia pageviews in 2025. To put this in context, he receives about four times the attention predicted by his historical rank (+4x Attention Gap). For comparison, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ranked #814 in historical importance, drew 3.5 million views in 2025, indicating a higher level of sustained public interest online for a figure ranked lower historically.

Analyzing recent trends, interest in Erdoğan appears to be cooling slightly, as evidenced by a significant -36% drop in interest between Q1 and Q3 of 2025, despite overall growth over the past year of +13.4%.