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Turkish AKP Nominates Erdogan as Presidential Candidate for Snap Vote – Reports

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has formally announced incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its candidate for the upcoming snap presidential election, the Anadolu news agency reported.

According to the Anadolu news agency, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced Erdogan's nomination at a parliamentary group meeting. The candidacy was also supported by the allied Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling party in Ordu, Turkey, Saturday, March 24, 2018

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Turkey will have its early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24. If Erdogan wins, it will be his second presidential term, and the first time Turkey would have someone as the head of both state and government since switching from a parliamentary republic to a presidential one.

The elections were originally scheduled for November 2019, but Erdogan announced in April that the country would hold the vote a year and a half ahead of schedule. He explained his decision by highlighting the country's to change quickly so that it could address current challenges.

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he talks during the closing news conference following the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017

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Turkey has been in a prolonged state of emergency for almost two years. The measure was introduced to crack down on the organizers of an attempted military coup in several major cities across the country in July 2016.

Over 240 people were killed and more than 2,000 others were wounded in the unrest, which Ankara blamed on Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen’s movement, referred to by the Turkish authorities as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO).

Following the unrest, over 50,000 people were arrested, and more than 140,000 government officials and military officers were dismissed or suspended.

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