Turkey's Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications Binali Yildirim has been elected as ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's new chairman after an extraordinary congress in Ankara, Anadolu reported.
Yildirim, who was the sole candidate to run for the party's third chairmanship, garnered 1,405 out of 1,411 votes in the election held at the at the Arena Sports Hall Sunday, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced.