Ali Babacan’s name excluded from list of AKP founders

Name of Turkey's former Minister for Economic Affairs and former Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has been excluded from the list of the founders of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

In total, the names of 12 people, six of whom previously resigned, have been excluded from the list of the founders of the party, Turkish media reported.

Ali Babacan left AKP on July 8, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized his exit from AKP.