Justice and Development Party

A drone shot of collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, 7 February 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (2-L) greets his supporters with his wife Selvi (R), Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (2-R) and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas (L) after the six opposition parties alliance chose and announced him as presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, in Ankara, Turkey 06 March 2023.

The ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) sole focus during the election campaign will be on efforts to heal the wounds of the earthquake victims and build new houses for them, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 6.

A rocket attack was carried out on the Basika Base of the Turkish military in northern Iraq early on Feb. 1, while Defense Minister Hulusi Akar detailing that the army is "responding in fold."

Türkiye will not approve Sweden's bid to join NATO as long as it continues to permit those who burn the Quran, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, repeating Ankara's favorable position for Finland's application to the alliance.

The leaders of the six oppositional parties held their 11th meeting on Jan. 26 to start deliberations for choosing a joint presidential candidate to race against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the mid-May polls.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged another 5 percent increase to the salaries of civil servants and pensioners, making the total rise in wages 30 percent for the first six months of 2023.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has disclosed his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) ambitious Century of Türkiye Vision, which sets the writing of a new, civilian and democratic constitution, as its first objective, with the aim of placing Türkiye among the top 10 countries through economic and democratic development.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party, will outline the Century of Türkiye Vision as the key document for his party's election manifesto that explains the main objectives and targets he envisages for the country, which will mark its centennial in 2023.

The car in which Binali Yıldırım, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) vice chair, his bodyguard and the party deputy Şamil Ayrım were in an accident in Azerbaijan on late Oct. 20.