The Justice and Development Party re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, its co-founder, at a congress Sunday where he was the only candidate for chairman.
Speaking to tens of thousands of people in Ankara, Erdogan said he was back after "998 days of separation" from the party and outlined a vision for its immediate future and elections scheduled for November 2019 with new executive and grassroots teams.
"This congress is the AK Party's rebirth. AK Party is not just its voters' party, it's the party for all of our 80 million citizens," he said before the vote.
Elected with 1,414 votes, Erdogan set the party's course for what he called a "new era" of reforms.
"The upcoming months will be a period of soaring in all areas, including combatting terror, the economy, expanding rights and freedoms and investments," ABC news cited Erdogan as saying.
