3rd Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress explained

Election Name:Justice and Development Party leadership election, 2017
Country:Turkey
Type:convention
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2nd Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress
Previous Year:2016
Election Date:20–21 May 2017
Next Election:6th Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress
Next Year:2018
Registered:1,470 delegates
1Blank:Delegate vote
2Blank:Percentage
Image1:Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2017.jpg
Image1 Size:216x216px
Candidate1:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Party1:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
1Data1:1,414
2Data1:100%
Leader
Before Election:Binali Yıldırım
Before Party:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
After Election:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
After Party:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)

The 3rd Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress took place on 20 and 21 May 2017 in order to elect a party leader and members to the party congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).[1] The party's founder and first leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was the only candidate for the post, having left the leadership upon his election as President in 2014.[2] Having been initially required to sever his political party relations on grounds of impartiality, a constitutional referendum in 2017 turned Turkey into an executive presidency, allowing Erdoğan to return to the AK Party and become its leader.[3]

Parliamentary group leader election

Three days after the congress concluded, the parliamentary group of the AKP met to elect a new parliamentary group leader in order to conform to the executive presidential system. The party's outgoing leader Binali Yıldırım, who vacated the leadership for Erdoğan, was elected unopposed with 300 votes out of 316 voting-elibile members of parliament.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: AK Parti kongresi 20-21 Mayıs'ta yapılacak.
  2. Web site: Erdoğan: 2017'de Kongre Yapılabilir, AK Parti'nin Başına Geçeceğim. 25 April 2017.
  3. Web site: AKP'de olağanüstü kongreye doğru.
  4. News: İsmail Çakır . Başbakan Binali Yıldırım 300 oyla yeniden Grup Başkanı oldu . 9 November 2022 . Haber Diyarı . 24 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170831040710/https://www.haberdiyari.com/haber/477/basbakan-binali-yildirim-300-oyla-yeniden-grup-baskani-oldu.html . 31 August 2017 . tr.