Akp in a sentence

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed to receive “the highest vote,” with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) alliance, stating that “the AKP is a party that works as if there will be an election at any time.

After weeks of AKP appeals, Turkey’s electoral board upheld a complaint regarding ballot counting and annulled the opposition victory.

AKP knows this better than any other political party.

Elected to parliament by the Erdogan-allied MHP a decade ago, Ogan left his party because he disagreed with its support for the executive presidency system in particular and its alliance with the AKP in general.

Erdoğan also recalled that local elections will be held in March 2024 and that the AKP will focus on winning municipal polls using the psychological superiority stemming from May 2023 polls.

If the Green Left and its allies win around 12%, they may unite against the AKP and its allies on critical issues once the parliament is formed.

More importantly, both those who are critical towards and suspicious of the table of six and those who focus on the competition among the six suddenly faced the possibility of the AKP regime continuing.

Necmettin Erbakan was the founder of the National Vision movement from which Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) stems.

Opposition politicians and at least some Turks have Erdogan of exploiting the policy’s vague criteria for outstanding service to tip the electoral balance in his favor by effectively minting new AKP voters.

Pro-AKP Islamic charities and fraternities, known as the “tarikats,” are being mobilized.

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watch news on a giant screen outside AKP (Justice and Development Party) headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023.

Analysts said the initial results likely reflected in part economic strains driven by near 70 percent inflation, with dissatisfied Kurdish and Muslim voters weighing on the AKP's performance.

Initially, the AKP intensified Turkey’s efforts to engage with Western allies.

The 52-year-old is increasingly seen as the biggest rival to Erdogan's AKP ahead of the next presidential election in 2028.

The AKP delegation was led by Abdullah Güler, Özlem Zengin, Bahadır Yenişehirlioğlu, Abdulhamit Gül and Muhammet Emin Akaşoğlu, and included the party’s deputy leader, Mustafa Elitaş.

There is a great deal that Pakistani parties could learn from the AKP’s example in terms of creating party structures capable of mounting resistance against military interference.

The spirit of the United Nations is dead in Gaza," Erdogan told lawmakers from his AKP party.

Altay’s comments drew applause from CHP colleagues, whose 139 seats are second only to Erdogan’s ruling AKP, as well as the nationalist Iyi party.

Both Babacan and Davutoğlu were former members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Since 2013, however, the AKP has stepped up efforts to restrict alcohol sales and alcohol-serving establishments, mainly through tax hikes but also regulatory moves concerning the licensing, operation and advertising activities of relevant businesses.