A person begins his journey towards leadership when he consciously makes a decision to strive for great goals such as justice and freedom, and sacrifice for his principles and values.

Therefore, there is a strong relationship between leadership and politics, as the leader works to influence his people to achieve change, and to fight against the status quo.

And the politician needs a great goal that he struggles to achieve, and he is changing his life for this goal, but how can the political leader reach to formulate a goal that deserves to sacrifice his life for it, and how can we reach measures to evaluate the lives of politicians, and their abilities to lead their people, and express the hopes of These peoples and their ambitions?

How do you discover yourself?

In order for a person to qualify himself for leadership and politics, he must discover himself first, but this is not easy. In short, it needs a mind, a heart, principles, identity and history.

commitment to responsibility

Self-awareness increases the ability to take responsibility, and makes the politician commit to serving others, and struggles to build a just system as a political issue. Therefore, he enters the world of politics with a real commitment to responsibility, and this commitment stems from within the human psyche and conscience, and is linked to belief, identity and culture.

In light of this, we can assess the suitability of politicians to lead, develop the capabilities of politicians and qualify them to become leaders of their people.

Erdogan is a political leader..why?

When I was working on developing the science of political leadership, I found a book by Turkish researcher and associate professor Yalcin Akdogan entitled "Political Leadership and Erdogan", which he published in 2018, in which he says: Erdogan devoted himself to achieving a goal that he felt he could do, so he proceeded from a moral duty that emerged from his conscience.

Erdogan felt his responsibility as a member of society, and this feeling made him morally committed to this responsibility.

This means that Erdogan is an important model in the modern era of political leadership related to morals, and therefore the study of his biography can contribute to the development of new theories of political leadership.

Identity and change leadership

Therefore, the Turkish researcher followed Erdogan's life since he was a student, and discovered that he worked to develop himself by participating in theoretical discussions to discover his identity, and this discovery contributed to the formation of his dream of changing reality, and becoming a leader for change.

Akdogan's observation illustrates the importance of linking a leader's efforts to discover his identity and driving change.

Erdogan's experience began when he was a student at the "Imam Hatip" school, which contributed to shaping his personality and awareness of his identity.

The starting point towards community leadership is for man to change himself first, as Akdogan says that an individual who cannot correct his behavior, or control himself, cannot inspire others or lead his people to achieve change.

The goal of education is to prepare leaders

It is clear from this the correctness of what I have advocated during the decades I worked in Arab universities. Education must be carried out according to a philosophy based on preparing graduates to become leaders, scholars, preachers and writers, and not with the aim of preparing them to be employees.

I explained in my master’s thesis that the one who set the goal of education and restricted it to graduating government employees was Mr. Dunlop (the English advisor to the Egyptian Ministry of Education at the beginning of the twentieth century) because he wanted to weaken Egypt, and subject it permanently to the English occupation, so he wanted education to be limited to developing the skills of the individual that qualifies him To become an employee who receives a salary that suffices him with this question, but he does not aspire to be a leader, nor does he have the capabilities to become a scientist, or to lead the struggle of his people to achieve comprehensive independence.

Education and shaping the dream

Therefore, the smart observation of the Turkish researcher Akdogan came to clarify the necessity of linking the objectives of education and the qualification of leaders. Education must contribute to the discovery of the person's identity, building his dream, setting his goals, and qualifying himself for leadership.

How does he change himself first?

The starting point for community leadership is for man to change himself first. Akdogan says that an individual who cannot correct his behavior or control himself cannot inspire others or lead his people to achieve change.

The associate professor adds that Erdogan, since his youth, has been working to lead a life within moral limits, and to control himself, and Akdogan proves the importance of self-control, and its commitment to morality with a verse in Surat Al-Shams {The one who sanctifies it has succeeded (9) and the one who trampled it has failed} (10) .

The work to purify oneself is the starting point of the person towards success and success. As for self-corruption and lack of commitment to morals, it is the cause of disappointment, which means failure, frustration of work and inability to achieve goals.

It is clear that Erdogan struggled to recommend himself to prepare her for leadership, and the education he received at the Imam Hatip School contributed to this preparation.

educate yourself first

Akdogan says, "The leader must educate himself first before he teaches others, and the political leader must adhere to the principles that he calls others to apply. The leader's behavior and his struggle to adhere to his principles and morals inspire others, and every action the political leader does must be in implementation of what he believes in. ".

Studying the biography of Tayeb Erdogan proves the validity of this conclusion. After Erdogan learned and participated in the discussions, he decided to enter the public sphere to lead change with the principles and values ​​he was convinced of. This led to an increase in his ability to build a distinguished democratic experience and achieve economic progress, as did his commitment to The principles he believes in will increase his credibility and the confidence of his people in him.

This experience shows that the decision to enter the field of politics is to implement principles and values ​​in reality, and to lead the people to achieve great goals.

The beginning of political reform

The process of change begins with working to achieve political reform to build a better reality, and to open the way for the people to choose the civilized project on which to build their future, and to impose their free will.

Akdogan believes that the most important goals that Erdogan has worked to achieve are resisting injustice and achieving justice, respecting human rights, and resisting racism, and this led to an increase in everyone's respect for his role and struggle.

This shows the importance of studying Erdogan's model for developing the science of political leadership. The people's respect for the political leader is based on trust in him, and in his credibility to implement the principles he demands others to adhere to.

This can contribute to explaining the sacrifices made by the Turkish people in the face of the 2016 coup, and their standing in the face of tanks.

Erdogan's work in the student movement and his affiliation with the Islamic movement contributed to increasing his ability to use strong words in his political discourse, and these words sparked the imagination of Turkish youth. Erdogan remained close to the youth, as he considered them the driving force and his target audience.

statesman and youth leader

The history of Tayeb Erdogan illustrates his struggle to preserve his state and its institutions, and work to increase its power, and this shows that the political leader is a statesman who works to achieve its interests, protect its national security, and build its international standing.

Erdogan was also distinguished as a political leader by his ability to motivate Turkish youth to work, innovate and create, especially in the field of industry, and this constitutes the source of the political leader's strength, and it is clear that he developed this ability through his struggle at the university and his participation in student work.

A case man who never stops working

One of Erdogan's most important features is that - as Akdogan says - a man of cause that he expresses as a poet, he uses words that clearly express his principles, achieve his goals, emphasize his strength, and contribute to winning hearts and minds.

He also uses words to mobilize Turkish youth to achieve great goals, and the researcher believes that he uses words that express the meanings for which life is worth living.

Aroused the imagination of young people

Erdogan's work in the student movement and his affiliation with the Islamic movement contributed to increasing his ability to use strong words in his political discourse, and these words sparked the imagination of the Turkish youth. Erdogan remained close to the youth, as he considered them the driving force and his target audience.

Because young people are the most capable of achieving change, Erdogan was the leader who pushed young Turkish people to unleash their imaginations to realize the great dream: a strong, democratic, advanced Turkey with global standing linked to its history and identity.

Experience shows the importance of universities and schools

It is clear that Akdogan was looking for sources of political power, the most important of which is the ability to address young people, motivate them and mobilize them and turn them into a force for society and student work, which can - as Erdogan's experience shows - contribute to increasing the leader's understanding of the aspirations and hopes of young people, and this qualifies him to achieve great goals, and invest their energy to advance the state.

The leader who started from student work in schools and universities is the one who can be closer to the youth, and win their minds and hearts.

That is why I have been calling for decades for freedom for student unions and families, because they contribute to preparing future leaders.

Political leadership and the power of discourse

The ability to address young people led - according to the associate professor - to increase Erdogan's ability to build a political discourse that attracts and influences the masses in general, and thus Erdogan's political discourse has become a source of strength for his state and his people, as he has the ability to address the masses from a new perspective.

Therefore, the associate professor believes that Erdogan has a charismatic personality that qualified him to be a political leader who can express his people, and for his speech to become a source of strength for Turkey and its people.

Democratic mentality

The Turkish researcher points out that Erdogan has a democratic mentality, an organizer of society, and a leader who has many achievements on the economic and political level, and one of the most important of these achievements was the normalization of relations between the army and society, the development of the Turkish democratic model, and the building of a strong economy.

In light of this, it is clear that political leadership can be a source of strength for the state when it has the ability to express the hopes and dreams of the people, and it strives to build the global standing of its state.

Every country needs a political leadership that struggles to build a democratic model in which the people live with dignity to innovate, innovate and build the future. Therefore, Erdogan's model deserves a more in-depth study to develop a new theory of political leadership.