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 since 2003. Third-party sources often refer to the party as national conservative,social conservative,right-wing populist and as espousing neo-Ottomanism. The party is generally regarded as being right-wing on the political spectrum,although some sources have described it as far-right since 2011. It is one of the two major parties of contemporary Turkey along with the Republican People's Party (CHP).
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in Turkey face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents,though the general climate for LGBT people is considered to be less repressive when compared to most other Muslim-majority countries.
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.
Fiona Stuart Simpson is an Australian politician serving as Liberal National Party (LNP) member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly,representing Maroochydore since 1992. Simpson served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015 and further served as the Deputy Leader of the Queensland National Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2008. Simpson is currently the Shadow Minister for Finance and Better Regulation and Shadow Minister for Integrity in Government.
General elections were held in Turkey on 22 July 2007 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. Originally scheduled for November,the elections were brought forward after parliament failed to elect a new president to replace Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The result was a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP),which won 46.6% of the vote and 341 seats. The party's leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was consequently re-elected as Prime Minister of Turkey. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) came second with 20.9% of the vote and took 112 seats. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),which had failed to surpass the 10% election threshold in the 2002 election,re-entered parliament with 14.3% of the vote and 71 MPs. The election was fought mostly on Turkey's debate over laïcitéthat had been perceived to be under threat from the AKP's nomination of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül,an Islamist politician,for the Presidency. Developments in Iraq,secular and religious concerns,the intervention of the military in political issues,European Union membership negotiations,the United States and the Muslim world were other main issues.
The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president,to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The most likely candidate for president was Abdullah Gül. Turkey's presidential office is regarded as the guardian of the country's secular system;the fact that Gül's wife wears the Islamic headscarf,as well as his own history in political Islam,turned the elections into a political crisis.
The Republic Protests were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in 2007 in support of a strict principle of state secularism.
Ertuğrul Günay was the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.
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.
Women in Turkey have an active participation in national politics,and the number of women in the Turkish parliament has been increasing steadily in recent elections.
Şerafettin Elçi was a Kurdish lawyer,politician,government minister and statesman in Turkey. He was one of the pioneers of Kurdish politics in Turkey.
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.
Selma Irmak,is a Kurdish politician from Turkey and former MP for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and People`s Democratic Party (HDP).
İsmet Sezgin was a Turkish politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and Minister of National Defense from 1997 to 1999,as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly in 1995,as the Minister of the Interior from 1991 to 1993,as the Minister of Finance from 1979 to 1980 and as the Minister of Youth and Sports from 1969 to 1971. Between 1999 and 2002,he served as the Leader of the Democrat Turkey Party,but did not contest any elections.
In Turkey,pink certificate is the colloquial name for a military discharge certificate given to those who are discharged or considered exempt from military service due to their sexual orientation. The Turkish Armed Forces Health Regulation,under Article 17 of "Mental Health and Diseases," explains that the case of "advanced sexual disorders," which are "explicitly apparent in the person's whole life," could cause "objectionable situations in the military environment" To receive such a discharge,individuals must "prove" their homosexuality,under the examination of military doctors and psychologists.
Sema Ramazanoğlu is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as the Minister of Family and Social Policy in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu from 24 November 2015 to 24 May 2016. She is the second cabinet minister of Turkey to wear a headscarf,after her predecessor as Family and Social Policy Minister Ayşen Gürcan. She serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Denizli since being elected in the snap general election on 1 November 2015.
Özgür Özel is a Turkish pharmacist and politician who is chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP). He had shared the parliamentary deputy group leadership of the CHP with Engin Altay and Levent Gök between the years 2015 and 2023. He has been an MP for the electoral district of Manisa since the 2011 general election and is well known for his activism concerning the rights of miners in Manisa Province.
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.
The 28th Parliament of Turkey was elected at the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election. It succeeded the 27th Parliament of Turkey in May 2023. The 600 members,elected through proportional representation from 87 electoral districts of Turkey,are shown below.
