[ALMASDARNEWS] Turkey’s President Tayip Erdogan was elected as leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Sunday in Ankara. The election was held during an extraordinary assembly of the party in Ankara and resulted in Erdogan becoming the sucessor of Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in the role of the party’s chairman. Erdogan was the only candidate.
Out of 1470 votes in total he gained 1414 positive votes from the delegates. This is the second time Erdogan holds this post. He had already been acting as chairman for 13 years, beginnning the the party’s foundation 2001 until 2014. This sequence ended with him being elected as President of Turke due to a law, that prohibited affiliation of the President with political parties. |