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Born: 29 October 1950 · Age: 75
Abdullah Gül is 75 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 29 October 1950.
Co-founder of Turkey's AKP who served as prime minister and foreign minister and was President of Turkey from 2007 to 2014
Did you know?He spent time living in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s while undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Exeter.
Abdullah Gül was president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. An economist who worked at the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia, he entered parliament in 1991. He co-founded the Justice and Development Party with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He served as prime minister briefly in 2002–03 while Erdoğan was barred from office, then as foreign minister. He pushed hard for Turkey to join the European Union. As president he was seen as more moderate and conciliatory than Erdoğan. The two later drifted apart.
Abdullah Gül (born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007.
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Turkish politician, born 1950
Abdullah Gül was born in Kayseri on 29 October 1950.
He earned a doctorate in economics.
He was prime minister from 2002 to 2003.
He was president from 2007 to 2014.
Career highlights
Did you know?He was the first Turkish president to visit Armenia, for a football match in 2008.
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