Bülent Arınç is a conservative Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007 and as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 2009 and 2015. He also co-founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001.
Erkan Mumcu is a Turkish politician and the sixth leader of the Motherland Party.
Köksal Toptan is a Turkish lawyer,politician and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He earlier served as government minister in three cabinets. He was the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey between August 2007 and August 2009.
Nihat Ergün is a Turkish politician and the former Minister of Science,Industry and Technology.
General elections were held in Turkey on 12 June 2011 to elect the 550 members of Grand National Assembly. In accordance to the result of the constitutional referendum held in 2007,the elections were held four years after the previous elections in 2007 instead of five.
The third cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the government of Turkey from 2011 to 2014,during the 24th parliamentary term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The cabinet succeeded the second Erdoğan cabinet following the 2011 Election.
Suat Kılıç is a Turkish lawyer,journalist,and politician. He is the former Minister of Youth and Sports,serving in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Mehmet Müezzinoğlu is a Turkish physician and politician,who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security between 2016 and 2017,and the Minister of Health from 2013 to 2016.
Süleyman Soylu is a Turkish politician. He is a deputy chairman of the Justice and Development Party. He previously served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security from November 2015 to August 2016 and the Minister of the Interior from August 2016 to June 2023. He is a former leader of the Democrat Party (DP).
The 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey or 17-25 December Corruption and Bribery Operation was a criminal investigation that involved several key people in the Turkish government. All of the 52 people detained on 17 December were connected in various ways with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Prosecutors accused 14 people –including Suleyman Aslan,the director of state-owned Halkbank,Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab,and several family members of cabinet ministers –of bribery,corruption,fraud,money laundering and gold smuggling.
Ayşenur İslam is a Turkish university lecturer and politician. On 25 December 2013,she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policy in the third cabinet of Erdoğan and served until 28 August 2015.
Emrullah İşler is a Turkish theologian,university lecturer,and politician. On 25 December 2013,he was appointed as a deputy prime minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Lütfi Elvan is a Turkish politician. Elvan has served as the Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey from November 2020 to December 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Transport,Maritime and Communication from 2013 to 2015. He has served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Karaman from 2007 to June 2015,for Antalya from June to November 2015 and for Mersin since November 2015. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party.
İdris Güllüce is a Turkish civil engineer and politician who served as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey between 2013 and 2015. As a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),he served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's first electoral district between 2007 and November 2015.
Nihat Zeybekci is a Turkish economist,politician,a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and former Minister of the Economy.
Fikri IşıkMP is a Turkish politician who served as the last Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2017 to 2018. Previously,he served as Minister of Science,Industry and Technology from 2013 to 2016 and Minister of National Defense from 2016 to 2017. He is a Member of Parliament representing the Kocaeli Province on behalf of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),from 2007 to 2023. Before politics,Işık was an educator.
Akif Çağatay Kılıç is a Turkish educator,politician,a former MP for Samsun Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),and the former Minister of Youth and Sports of Turkey. He is the President's Foreign Policy and Security Chief Advisor.
Ali Özkaya is a Turkish politician and lawyer from the Justice and Development Party (AKP),who has served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar since 7 June 2015. He is currently the lawyer of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Bülent Tüfenkci is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was the Minister of Customs and Trade from 2015 in the third government of Ahmet Davutoğlu. He was also a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Malatya since 7 June 2015. His surname is sometimes spelt 'Tüfekçi',without an 'n'.
The Democracy and Progress Party is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan,a former economy minister under the AKP. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" according to the party records. The party's logo is a water droplet,inside a silhouette of sapling.
