Armenian MP included in Turkey’s ruling party Executive Board

Armenian MP included in Turkey’s ruling party Executive Board
May 23, 2016 - 13:00 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Markar Esayan, a Turkish-Armenian member of Parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), was among the new names included in the party's Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) at an emergency convention, Daily Sabah said.

Esayan is among the 23 new members of the MKYK that went through a major revision during the emergency convention at which Binali Yıldırım was elected the AK Party's new chairman with 1,405 out of 1,470 votes.

Nominated for both the June 7 and November 1 elections, Esayan made it to the Parliament in both elections.

Born in 1969, Esayan started his career in journalism in 1997 in Armenian language daily Agos, where he also started writing columns in 2001. Esayan later started writing in Taraf daily as an editorial coordinator and later the editor-in-chief. Since 2013, Esayan has been writing for Yeni Şafak daily.

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