Turkish ruling party officially nominates Erdogan as presidential candidate
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Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has officially nominated the country’s current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the June 24 presidential election, AKP said in a message May 3.
AKP noted that Erdogan’s candidacy for the presidency is also supported by the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Turkey will also hold parliamentary election on June 24.
In the parliamentary election held
in Turkey on November 1, 2015, the Justice and Development Party
won 49.41 percent of the votes, the CHP - 25.38 percent of the
votes, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) - 11.93 percent, the
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) - 10.7 percent of the votes.
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