Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses a speech during the Justice and Development Party (AKP), as part of the 8th Ordinary Grand Congress at the Ankara Arena in Ankara, on Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Two women sit near a campaign banner of Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Recep Tayyip in Istanbul, Turkey, March 11, 2024. (Photo: AP)
Supporters of Turkish president and the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party wait for the results of Turkey's general elections in Istanbul, on May 14, 2023 (Photo: Umit Turhan Coskun / AFP)
Mehmet Emin Yilmaz (R), a Kurdish farmer, speaks during an interview in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on April 28, 2023 (Photo: ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
A woman stands in front of election campaign flags hanging on historical Sur castle at the historical Sur district in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey (Photo: ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), waving next to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (R) and Prime Minister of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (L). (Photo: Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey / AFP)
In this file photo, the then-co-chair of the HDP Selahattin Demirtaş delivers a speech in Istanbul during a rally, Istanbul, Turkey, June 5, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
A woman holds up a photo of Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas in a demonstration to protest against the Turkish government's policy on November 4, 2016, in Frankfurt, Germany (Photo: Boris Roessler, DPA/AFP)
