The Justice and Development Party, abbreviated officially as AK Party in English, is a political party in Turkey self-describing as conservative-democratic. It has been the ruling party of Turkey sinc
The Republic Protests took place in 2007 in support of the Kemalist reforms, particularly state secularism and democracy, against the perceived Islamization of Turkey under the ruling Justice and Development Party.
A rally of the Justice and Development Party in 2007
Picture of Erdogan among other leaders at the European People's Party Congress in 2009
Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine
Elections in Turkey
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Elections in Turkey are held for six functions of government: presidential elections, parliamentary elections, municipality mayors, district mayors, provincial or municipal council members and muhtars
Scene inside a polling station during the Turkish general election of 2015: a voter, election officials and a standard transparent ballot box.