24.02.2025 10:50
President Erdoğan appointed the new election team of the AK Party at the party's 8th Ordinary Congress. The Central Decision and Administration Board list includes 39 new names, while Hayati Yazıcı, the only individual who has served in all Central Decision and Administration Boards since the establishment of the AK Party, renewed his own record by successfully entering the board once again.
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In the AK Party Congress, votes were cast for the members of the MKYK, Central Disciplinary Board, Party Internal Democracy Arbitration Board, and Political Virtue and Ethics Board with the participation of 1,607 delegates. President Erdoğan was re-elected as the party leader in the congress where he participated as the sole candidate, thus completing the congress process with limited changes in the party management. 17 members of the 18-person MYK, referred to as President Erdoğan's A Team, were included in the new MKYK list.
The names continuing in their positions are as follows;
- Deputy Chairpersons: Efkan Âlâ, Mustafa Elitaş
- Party Spokesperson: Ömer Çelik
- Organization Chairman: Erkan Kandemir
- General Secretary: Fatih Şahin
- Promotion and Media Chairman: Hamza Dağ
- Election Affairs Chairman: Ali İhsan Yavuz
- Local Governments Chairman: Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz
- Economy Affairs Chairman: Nihat Zeybekçi
THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES IN MKYK HAS INCREASED
In the new term, the number of deputies in the MKYK has been increased from 13 to 29. This increase is stated to aim at strengthening the ties between the party and the Parliament.
The deputies entering the MKYK are as follows;
- Chairman of the Digital Media Commission: Hüseyin Yayman
- İstanbul Deputies: Halit Yerebakan, Mustafa Demir, Hulki Cevizoğlu, Nilhan Ayan
- Kayseri Deputy: Dursun Ataş
- Kocaeli Deputy: Sadettin Hülagü
NOTABLE NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS;
- Former football player: Mesut Özil
- Economists: Abdülkadir Develi, İsmet Gergerli
- Academic: Zakir Avşar
- President of the Turkey Wushu Kung Fu Federation: Abdurrahman Akyüz
- Vice President of MÜSİAD: Cihad Terzioğlu
HAYATI YAZICI BROKE HIS OWN RECORD
Hayati Yazıcı, the only name to have served in all MKYKs since the establishment of the AK Party, renewed his own record by successfully entering the MKYK once again. Additionally, Çiğdem Karaaslan, the youngest member elected to the MKYK at the AK Party's 2nd Ordinary Grand Congress held in 2006, had entered the MKYK in all congresses held since then. Karaaslan also found a place for herself in the new MKYK.
REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN HAS DECREASED
In the new term, the number of female members in the MKYK has decreased from 17 to 12. Ayşe Keşir, the President of the Women's Branch of the General Center, and Eyyüp Kadir İnan, the President of the Youth Branch, managed to enter the list. However, prominent figures of the party such as Orhan Miroğlu, Ahmet Arslan, Lütfiye Selva Çam, Kuddusi Müftüoğlu, and Remzi Albasan were not included in the new list.
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