Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been chairman of the AK Party since the 2017 Party Congress. [33] . The AK Party is the largest party in the Grand National Assembly, the Turkish national legislature, with 268 out of 600 seats, having won 35.6% of votes in the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [b] (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current 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.

Mar 26, 2025 · In August a group led by Abdullah Gül and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (a former mayor of Istanbul [1994–98]) struck out to form the AKP—or AK Party, ak in Turkish also meaning “white” or “clean”—as a democratic, conservative, nonconfessional movement.

Apr 1, 2024 · Turkey’s local elections on Sunday marked the biggest election defeat for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development (AK) Party, as the main opposition group claimed victory in key...

Mar 23, 2025 · Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held office for the past 22 years, as both prime minister and president of Turkey for the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) he founded.

Mar 27, 2025 · “Stop disturbing the peace of our fellow citizens with your provocations,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said of the opposition politician, whom he holds responsible for the violence. Erdogan...

May 21, 2024 · Despite expectations of an opposition victory, Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) secured the highest vote share and were reelected in 2023.

Feb 23, 2025 · President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan outlined his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) reform plan on Feb. 23 which he says will usher in a new era for Türkiye, focusing on economic growth, food security and social policies.

Apr 6, 2025 · Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, suffered a major setback during municipal elections last year, when the CHP retained control over key cities like Istanbul and Ankara while also making huge gains elsewhere. In the months since that election, many opposition mayors of both the CHP and the pro-Kurdish Peoples ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of the new terminal buildings of Antalya Airport. President Erdoğan said: “With the new terminal buildings we have inaugurated toda ...