# Turkiye’s AK Party turns 25: A journey of change and renewal

https://mins.news/en/item/21387

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-13 15:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/8/13/turkiyes-ak-party-turns-25-a-journey-of-change-and-renewal?traffic_source=rss

> The AK Party’s secretary-general and İzmir MP portrays the party’s 25 years since its 2001 founding as a period of democratic change, development and uninterrupted stability that raised Turkiye’s global standing. He attributes its endurance to translating social expectations into policies and contrasts its record with the political collapse and economic crises of the 1990s.

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