1st Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress

2014 Justice and Development Party leadership election
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Turnout97.7%
 
Candidate Ahmet Davutoğlu
Party AK Party
Constituency Konya
Popular vote 1,382
Percentage 100%
Leader before election

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party

Elected Leader

Ahmet Davutoğlu
AK Party

The 2014 Extraordinary Congress of the Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi Olağanüstü Kongresi) was held on 27 August 2014 in order to elect a new leader of the Justice and Development Party (often abbreviated AK Party or AKP), the ruling political party of Turkey.[1] 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.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "AK Parti Olağanüstü Kongreye hazırlanıyor". Anatolian Agency. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ "30 bin partiliyle Erdoğan'a veda Davutoğlu'na 'Merhaba' kongresi". Haber Türk. Retrieved 26 August 2014.