18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention
The 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention took place on 5 and 6 September 2014 in order to elect a leader of the Republican People's Party, a Turkish centre-left political party. Initially, an ordinary convention was due to be held in 2014, two years after the previous one in 2012. However, the party's incumbent leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accepted calls for an extraordinary convention to be held following the loss of the CHP's presidential candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu in the presidential election held in August. The ordinary convention will thus be held in 2015 instead.
Image: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Nov 15 (cropped)
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2014 Turkish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Turkey on 10 August 2014 in order to elect the 12th President. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected outright with an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, making a scheduled run-off for 24 August unnecessary.
Image: Erdogan 2014
Image: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (1) (cropped)
Image: Selahattin Demirtaş 2015 12 18 (cropped)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, serving leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) since 2001 and Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003, received 311 nominations.
