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AK Party 25th anniversary celebrations in Ankara

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The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) ~~celebrated~~ marked its 25th ~~anniversary~~ anniversary, founded on August 14, ~~2026,~~ 2001, with nationwide commemorations and a ~~large-scale~~ massive central event at Ankara’s Başkent Millet Bahçesi. ~~Under the theme ‘Milletimizle Çeyrek Asır, Türkiye Geleceğe Hazır’ (With Our Nation for a Quarter Century, Turkey is Ready for~~ Prior to the ~~Future),~~ main rally, local officials held religious services, press conferences, and exhibitions in cities such as Istanbul, Erzurum, and Kayseri to honor the ~~program drew approximately 100,000 participants.~~ party’s history. During the ~~rally,~~ Ankara celebrations, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ~~delivered a keynote speech and~~ unveiled the ‘AK Parti Vision ~~Document.’ This~~ Document,’ a strategic roadmap ~~outlines~~ outlining ten primary objectives for the next 25 ~~years, aiming~~ years. The plan aims to transition Turkey toward a high-income economy and a ~~“founding~~ ‘founding global ~~influence.”~~ influence.’ Key priorities include the ‘National Technology Move’—focusing on AI, unmanned systems, and space technologies—as well as digital sovereignty, green transformation, and ~~strengthening R&D.~~ expanding high-speed rail to 27 cities by 2028. The document also addresses social ~~frameworks, including policies~~ frameworks for family, women, and youth, alongside a vision for a new constitution. The anniversary ~~was marked by~~ coincided with a significant wave of political transfers. ~~Following the initial defections of~~ President Erdoğan personally presented party badges to several ~~MPs and mayors, further transitions have been confirmed,~~ new members, including Aydın MP Ömer Karakaş from the İYİ Parti, ~~Gölbaşı Mayor~~ and mayors Yakup ~~Odabaşı,~~ Odabaşı (Gölbaşı) and ~~Eceabat Mayor~~ Saim ~~Zileli.~~ Zileli (Eceabat). Notably, İdil Mayor Türkan Kayır, previously elected with the DEM Party, joined the AK Party, becoming ~~the party’s~~ its first Syriac mayor. In Ankara, ~~political shifts continue as~~ some CHP municipal leaders ~~consider~~ are reportedly considering joining the AK ~~Party, citing~~ Party due to a perceived lack of coordination from Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş. ~~While Mamak has moved to the Yeni Parti,~~ Following these shifts, the AK Party has regained its position as the leading party in terms of district municipalities in the ~~capital. Following these shifts, the party’s~~ capital, and its number of MPs in the Grand National Assembly ~~of Turkey~~ rose to 280.

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