Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vs. Lee Kuan Yew
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
1954 – present
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician who has been the president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he co-founded in 2001. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.
"Our religion has defined a position for women: motherhood. Some people can understand this, while others can’t. You cannot explain this to feminists because the…"
Lee Kuan Yew
1923 – 2015
Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and barrister who was the first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. A founding father of the modern Singaporean state, his authoritarian political leadership transformed post-independence Singapore into a highly developed country and one of the four Asian Tigers.
"Look, Jeyaretnam can't win the infighting. I'll tell you why. WE are in charge. Every government ministry and department is under our control. And in the infigh…"
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