2nd Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress
The 2nd Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress was a party convention of the governing Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) that took place on 11 November 2006. Elections were held for the party leader, the party Central Executive and Decision Committee (MKYK), the Central Disciplinary Committee (MDK) and the Headquarters Inner-Party Democracy Steering Committee (GMPDHK).[1]
 | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,332 delegates | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
.jpg.webp)
The AKP's founding party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stood as the only candidate for the party leadership and was re-elected as leader with 1,330 votes. Two votes were recorded as either invalid of blank. The congress was held a year before the 2007 general election, the controversial 2007 presidential election and a constitutional referendum.[2]
Results
Party leader
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 1,330 | 100.0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 2 | – | |
Total | 1,332 | 100.0 | |
| Source: AK Party | |||
MKYK
Elected members were as follows: Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, Hayati Yazıcı, Necati Çetinkaya, Akif Gülle, Şaban Dişli, Nükhet Hotar Göksel, Nihat Ergün, Nazım Ekren, Şükrü Ayalan, Bülent Gedikli, Reha Denemeç, İdris Naim Şahin, Abdullah Gül, Cemal Yılmaz Demir, Abdülkadir Aksu, Abdüllatif Şener, Ahmet İnal, Murat Mercan, Ekrem Erdem, Lokman Ayva, Agah Kafkas, Ahmet Edip Uğur, Ali Babacan, Ayşe Böhürler, Beşir Atalay, Cemil Çiçek, Cüneyd Zapsu, Hüseyin Tanrıverdi, Altan Karapaşaoğlu, Muzaffer Gülyurt, Ömer Çelik, Öznur Çalık, Sabahattin Cevheri, Semiha Öyüş, Serap Yahşi Yaşar, Tevhit Karakaya, Egemen Bağış, Fatma Şahin, Güldal Akşit, Orhan Yegin, Çiğdem Özkal, Edibe Sözen, Haluk İpek, Hasan Angı, Lale Ersoy, Necdet Budak, Sait Yazıcıoğlu, Necla Hattapoğlu, Sema Özdemir, Zelkif Kazdal.
Elected reserve members were as follows: Avni Doğan, Bekir Bozdağ, Hüsnü Ordu, Pervim Turan, Zülfü Demirbağ, Ahmat Büyükakkaşlar, Tevfik Akbak, Nur Özkaya, Fikret Dönmez, Ali Sürücü, Saffet Benli, İ.Rıza Yazıcıoğlu, Recep Garip, Ali Osman Sali, Zülfikar İzol, Selahattin Dağ, Selami Uzun, Hasan Ali Çelik, Zeki Karabayır, Mehmet Ceylan, Ahmet Yaşar, Mehmet Güner, Murat Yılmazer, Durdu Mehmet Kastal, Murteza Tamyürek.
MDK
Elected members were as follows: Belma Sekmen Satır, Enver Yılmaz, Hakkı Köylü, İsmail Safi, Kemalettin Göktaş, Mehmet Ali Bulut, İhsan Arslan, Muammer Kakı, Mustafa Ünal, Ramazan Toprak, Remziye Öztoprak
Elected reserve members were as follows: Muzaffer Baştopçu, Rıdvan Köybaşı, Orhan Yıldız, Osman Kılıç, M.Faruk Bayrak.
GMPDHK
Elected members were as follows: Fehmi Uyanık, Mustafa Zeydan ve Nurdoğan Topaloğlu
Elected reserve members were as follows: Ziyaettin Yağcı, Mücahit Daloğlu