Author: Zubeyde Yalcin

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party), led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is counting down to its eighth grand congress, which is planned for Feb. 23. The Congress will see changes in cadres, political discourse and party declarations. The AK Party, which will conduct the congress process with the motto of “next-generation politics,” has already brought new life to Türkiye’s political scene since 2002, quickly standing out amid stalwarts that ruled the country with coalition governments for years. This “next-generation politics” is more visible with significant changes in cadres. About 75% of provincial chairs of the party were replaced,…