| Clique | |
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | president of Turkey, former prime minister and mayor of Istanbul |
| Berat Albayrak | Erdoğan’s son-in-law, current economy minister |
| Hüseyin Besli | Erdoğan’s speechwriter |
| Ahmet Davutoğlu | foreign minister, later Turkish prime minister |
| Necmettin Erbakan | leader of the National Salvation Party, Erdoğan’s first party |
| Abdullah Gül | Erdoğan’s early ally, former president |
| I˙brahim Kalın | Erdoğan’s spokesman |
| Hilâl Kaplan | pro-Erdoğan journalist |
| Erol Olçok | spin doctor |
| Opposition | |
| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | founder of the Turkish Republic |
| Selahattin Demirtaş | Kurdish political leader |
| Muharrem I˙nce | Erdoğan’s 2018 presidential rival |
| Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | leader of the opposition |
| Enemies | |
| Fethullah Gülen | Islamist cleric and accused coup plotter |
| Abdullah Öcalan | leader of the PKK, Kurdish militant group |