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Erdogan has been reelected as chairman of ruling Justice and Development
Party
ANKARA, Aug 19, 2018 (BSS/TASS) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been
reelected as chairman of the Justice and Development Party, the Anadolu
agency reported referring to the results of the voting, which took place at
the party’s sixth general Congress in Ankara.
All 1,380 delegates voted unanimously for Erdogan, who the only candidate
nominated for this post.
The Justice and Development party was established in 2001 on the
initiative of Erdogan and three other supporters. The incumbent president was
elected as the first chairman of the party. From 2014 to 2017, the party was
headed by Ahmet Davutoglu and Binali Yildirim because under the law that was
in effect at that time the country’s president could not be a member of a
political party.
Thanks to amendments to the constitution, which were approved in a
referendum in April 2017, the president’s membership in political parties
became possible. Erdogan re-entered the ranks of the ruling Justice and
Development Party in May 2017.
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