Another member of parliament joined the AKP: Erdoğan wore Kani Torun's badge

Bursa Deputy Cemalettin Kani Torun joined the AKP after leaving the New Path Party and serving as an independent MP. Torun's party badge was worn by President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

AKP Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) convened at the party headquarters under the chairmanship of Erdoğan. Torun joined the AKP at the meeting that started at 14.20.

ERDOĞAN WEARED HIS BADGE

Torun, who resigned from the New Path Party on August 31 and served as an independent MP for about a month and a half, joined the AKP ranks. President Erdoğan pinned his party badge on Bursa Deputy Torun during the MKYK meeting.

HIS RESIGNATION CREATED A DEBATE ON NUMBERS IN THE NEW ROAD GROUP

With Torun's resignation on August 31, the number of deputies of the New Path Party in the Turkish Grand National Assembly decreased to 19. In order to meet the requirement of 20 MPs to establish a group in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Konya Deputy of the Re-Welfare Party, Ali Yüksel, joined the New Path Party.

With this participation, the New Path Group again reached the number of deputies required to maintain its presence in the Parliament.

WHO IS CEMALETTİN KANI TORUN?

Born in Artvin in 1959, Cemalettin Kani Torun graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1984. Torun, who completed his doctorate at Marmara University, worked as an academician at Marmara University and Karadeniz Technical University.

Torun, who went to England in 1996, was among the founders of the charity organization World Doctors. He served as the manager of the organization between 2001 and 2011. Torun, who served as Türkiye's Ambassador to Somalia between 2011 and 2014, was later appointed as the Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister.

Torun, who is also among the founders of the Future Party, previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Foreign Affairs Commission and a member of the Turkish Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.