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Turkey's ruling party nominates minister of transportation as new chief

Xinhua, May 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Thursday nominated Transport Minister Binali Yildirim as the sole candidate as new party chief.

The ruling party's new leader and likely the next prime minister will be elected at the AKP's extraordinary convention scheduled for Sunday.

"With a huge consensus, we elected Binali Yildirim as the candidate of our party leadership," a spokesperson of the party told a press conference after the AKP's top decision-making body met on Thursday.

A day after an unexpected meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan earlier this month, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced that the AKP would have an extraordinary congress and that he would not run for chairman. Endit