20.10.2026 15:50
Bursa MP Cemalettin Kani Torun, who resigned from the New Path Party and became independent, has joined the AK Party. With Torun's joining, the number of AK Party MPs in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey has risen to 281.
Bursa MP Cemalettin Kani Torun has returned to the AK Party, where he began his political career. Torun, who was previously elected as an MP from the AK Party for two terms and later took part in the founding of the Future Party, rejoined the AK Party ranks after serving as an independent MP.
ERDOĞAN PINNED HIS BADGE
The AK Party Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) convened at the party headquarters under the chairmanship of President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
At the beginning of the meeting held in the AK Party Headquarters Conference Hall, a badge-pinning ceremony was held for Bursa MP Cemalettin Kani Torun, who joined the party.
President Erdoğan pinned the AK Party badge on Torun.
AK PARTY'S NUMBER OF MPS RISES TO 281
With Kani Torun's joining the AK Party, the AK Party's number of MPs in Parliament rose to 281.
HE HAD STARTED HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN THE AK PARTY
Cemalettin Kani Torun entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey by being elected as an MP from the AK Party in the general elections of June 7 and November 1, 2015.
Torun, who did not apply for candidacy in the 2018 general elections, left the AK Party in 2019 and was among the founders of the Future Party established under the leadership of Ahmet Davutoğlu.
HE HAD ENTERED PARLIAMENT FROM THE CHP LIST
In the 2023 general elections, within the scope of electoral cooperation among opposition parties, Torun was elected as a Bursa MP from the CHP list through the Future Party's quota.
He later took part in the New Path Party, which the Felicity Party, DEVA Party and Future Party founded to form a joint group in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
HE REMAINED INDEPENDENT FOR A MONTH AND A HALF
Torun, who resigned from the New Path Party on August 31, began to continue his MP duties as an independent.
After about a month and a half, Torun joined the AK Party, thus returning to the party he had left in 2019.