What keeps Recep Tayyip Erdogan in power?
Circumstances of AK party's initial rise have helped it remain a dominant power 16 years later.
Andrew Wilksby Andrew Wilks
As it heads for snap elections on June 24, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AK Party) holds the record as the longest-serving party in the nation’s democratic history.
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