Justice And Development Party

Türkiye's AK Party celebrates 21st founding anniversary

The Justice and Development Party was founded on August 14, 2001, under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Morocco's Mohammed VI unveils new government

The National Rally of Independents won 102 of parliament's 395 seats in the September 8 polls, sweeping away the Justice and Development Party which had headed the governing coalition for a decade taking just 13 seats.

Ruling PJD defeated in Morocco parliamentary elections

Justice and Development Party, a strong coalition partner in the previous two governments collapse from 125 seats to just 12 after a count of 96 percent of all parliamentary seats.

Erdogan: Alleged $128B deficit in central bank reserves 'untrue'

Turkey's President Erdogan says accusations of depletion of central bank reserves are "wrong from beginning to end" and that the bank's reserves were neither given away to anyone nor wasted.

Erdogan: Turkish economy well-positioned to compete on world stage

Turkey's foreign exchange reserves stand at $95 billion and are poised to grow larger in the coming days, says Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while speaking to a Provincial Congress of his governing Justice and Development Party in Izmir.

Erdogan criticises Wilders, questions Macron's mental health again

Fascism not in our book, it's in yours, Turkish President Erdogan tells Dutch politician Wilders over insulting caricatures as he renews his call for his French counterpart Macron to undergo mental checks.

Erdogan vows to keep border open for refugees until EU meets all demands

"With the warming of the weather in the spring, the influx of irregular migrants heading to Europe will not be limited to Greece but spread all over the Mediterranean," Turkey's President Erdogan warns.

Turkey's new human rights action plan in the works - AK Party spokesman

Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesman Omer Celik said the country's human rights action plan will be prepared as part of the country’s judicial reform package.

Istanbul's mayoral candidates spar on televised debate ahead of rerun vote

People's Alliance candidate Binali Yildirim and National Alliance candidate Ekrem Imamoglu faced off in the first political debate in almost two decades ahead of the June 23 mayoral election rerun called by Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK).

Turkey's opposition CHP seeks cancellation of 2018 presidential elections

Main opposition Republican People's Party also wants a rerun in all Istanbul district councils. It argues the same flaws which the governing AK Party said occurred during the Istanbul mayoral election apply to the 2018 presidential election.

Lira weakens as Turkey's electoral council orders rerun of Istanbul poll

The Turkish lira fell past 6.1 against the US dollar after the Supreme Election Council orders a rerun of Istanbul mayoral election for June 23.

Turkey's election body rules for Istanbul election rerun

Rerun election to be held on June 23, says Supreme Election Council.