Deniz Baykal was a Turkish politician. A member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996. Having served in numerous government positions,Baykal led the CHP from 1992 to February 1995,from September 1995 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2010. Between 2002 and 2010,he also served as the Leader of the Opposition by virtue of leading the second largest party in the Parliament.
Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish academic,politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2003 to 2009. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in the 2011 general election and was reelected as an MP in both the June and November 2015 general elections. He resigned as prime minister on 22 May 2016.
Devlet Bahçeli is a Turkish politician,economist,former deputy prime minister,and current chairman of the far-right,ultranationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Numan Kurtulmuş is a Turkish politician and academic who is currently the speaker of the Grand National Assembly.
Yalçın Topçu is a Turkish politician and former bureaucrat who served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu from 28 August to 17 November 2015. He was formerly the leader of the Great Union Party between 2009 and 2011,resigning after being defeated in the 2011 general election.
Berat Albayrak is a Turkish businessman and politician. He is the son-in-law of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan through his marriage to Esra Erdoğan in 2004. Albayrak is a former CEO of Çalık Holding. He was a member of parliament from Istanbul in the 25th,26th and 27th legislative sessions. He served as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in the 64th and 65th government of Turkey and was the Minister of Finance and Treasury in the 66th government until his unexpected resignation on 8 November 2020 citing health reasons.
General elections were held in Turkey on 7 June 2015 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. This was the 24th general election in the history of the Turkish Republic,electing the country's 25th Parliament. The result was the first hung parliament since the 1999 general elections. Unsuccessful attempts to form a coalition government resulted in a snap general election being called for November 2015.
The Syrian Turkmen Assembly is a coalition of Syrian Turkmen political parties and groups representing Syrian Turkmens in the Syrian National Council and the Syrian National Coalition. It was established in December 2012 under the name Syrian Turkmen Platform to reconcile the two major Turkmen parties Syria Turkmen Bloc and the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement.
Yalçın Akdoğan is a Turkish politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014 to 2016. A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),Akdoğan became a Member of Parliament representing Ankara's first electoral district at the 2011 general election and was re-elected in June 2015.
The 2014 Extraordinary Congress of the Justice and Development Party was held on 27 August 2014 in order to elect a new leader of the Justice and Development Party,the ruling political party of Turkey. It was the first extraordinary congress in the party's history,necessitated by the election of party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the 12th President of Turkey. Former Foreign Minister and Konya MP Ahmet Davutoğlu was unanimously elected unopposed as party leader. The congress marked the last public appearance of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Prime Minister,as he assumed the Presidency the day after. The congress took place at a time of significant change to Turkish politics,with the opposition Republican People's Party also holding an extraordinary convention on 5–6 September.
The First Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu was the 62nd government of the Turkish Republic,which took office on 29 August 2014. It was the fifth majority government to be formed entirely by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was headed by its leader and the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey,Ahmet Davutoğlu. The government assumed office during the 24th parliament of Turkey and succeeded Erdoğan's third cabinet. Davutoğlu is the third AKP politician to take office as Prime Minister,after Abdullah Gül (2002–2003) and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014).
The Second Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu was a temporary election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on the request of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It is also referred to as the Second Davutoğlu Cabinet. As the 63rd government of Turkey,the cabinet presided over the November 2015 general election and dissolved after a new government is formed after the election. It is the first such government to take office in the history of the Turkish Republic.
Ali Haydar Konca is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator in the interim election government led by Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 22 September 2015. He served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Kocaeli from June to November 2015. He is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and is a former civil servant and Kaymakam (sub-governor).
Ahmet Erdem is a Turkish civil servant who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 17 November 2015. He was formerly the General Secretary of the Labour and Social Security Ministry Supreme Arbitration Board,Deputy Undersecretary,advisor to the Minister and advisor to the Prime Minister. He serves as the Undersecretary to the Labour and Social Security Ministry since 28 April 2014.
Ali Rıza Alaboyun is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 17 November 2015. He was a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the party's creation until 2015,after which he resigned in order to participate in the election government as an Independent. Before becoming a Minister,Alaboyun served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Aksaray between 2002 and 2015,stepping down at the June 2015 general election due to the AKP's three-term limit on its parliamentarians.
İlhan Kesici is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP),who has served as the Member of Parliament for Istanbul's first electoral district since 2015. He previously served as a CHP MP for the same district from 2007 to 2011 and as an MP for Bursa from 1995 to 1999 while he was a member of the Motherland Party (ANAP). In August 2015,he was offered a ministerial position in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu,which he turned down.
The Third Davutoğlu Cabinet is the 64th government of the Republic of Turkey. The government came into effect after the Justice and Development Party (AKP),led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu,won a parliamentary majority of 84 in the November 2015 general election with 317 seats in the Grand National Assembly and 49.5% of the vote.
The 2nd Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress was a party convention of the ruling Justice and Development Party of Turkey held on 22 May 2016. The congress,announced on 4 May 2016,had been long speculated by politicians and political commentators who had observed a severe deterioration in relations between Prime Minister and incumbent AKP leader Ahmet Davutoğlu and the AKP's founder and former leader,President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Davutoğlu announced that he would not stand for re-election as party leader.
Aydın Ünal is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for Ankara's second electoral district. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in November 2015.
The Future Party is a political party in Turkey formed by former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. The party was formally founded on 12 December 2019,in opposition to the ruling Justice and Development Party.
