2nd Justice and Development Party Extraordinary Congress

Justice and Development Party leadership election, 2016
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Registered1,470 delegates
Turnout96.0%
 
Candidate Binali Yıldırım
Party AK Party
Constituency İzmir (I)
Delegate vote 1,405
Percentage 100%
Leader before election

Ahmet Davutoğlu
AK Party

Elected Leader

Binali Yıldırım
AK Party

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.[1] Davutoğlu announced that he would not stand for re-election as party leader.

Transport and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım was the sole candidate for the party leadership, announced by the AKP Central Executive Committee (MKYK) on 19 May 2016.[2] Yıldırım had been collecting signatures to launch a leadership bid in time for the last Ordinary Congress of 2015, ceasing only when Davutoğlu and Erdoğan agreed on a joint list of Central Executive Decision Board candidates days before the congress took place. He was elected with 1,405 votes.[3]

  1. ^ Kaplan, Emine (4 May 2016). "#4 Mayıs Saray darbesi" [4 May Palace Coup]. Cumhuriyet (in Turkish).
  2. ^ "Erdoğan'ın 22 yıllık mesai arkadaşı: Binali Yıldırım" [Erdoğan's colleague of 22 years: Binali Yıldırım]. BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). May 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Binali Yıldırım resmen genel başkan seçildi" [Binali Yildirim is formally elected chairman]. En Son Haber (in Turkish). 22 May 2016.