Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician who has been the President of Turkey since 2014.
He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as the Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.

Statistics show that Erdoğan has significantly reduced the Turkey's Gross Debt since he came to Power in 2003. 

Unlike Turkey, most of the economic powers are struggling with growing national debt. 

G20 Countries with Highest Government Debt, as a Percentage of GDP:
  1. Japan: 230% 
  2. Italy: 132% 
  3. US: 103% 
  4. Spain: 98% 
  5. France: 95% 
  6. UK: 89% 
  7. Canada: 86% 
  8. Germany: 75%