Türkiye's AK Party nominates Istanbul lawmaker Numan Kurtulmus for parliament speaker

By Sinan Uslu

ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Monday nominated Istanbul lawmaker Numan Kurtulmus for the post of parliament speaker.

Kurtulmus was nominated with the joint signatures of AK Party and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) lawmakers ahead of the election to be held on Wednesday in parliament’s General Assembly.

AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Guler and MHP Group Deputy Chairman Erkan Akcay submitted the application for Kurtulmus's candidacy to Ali Kumbuzoglu, parliament’s general secretary.

Nominations for parliament speaker in the legislature’s new term opened on Saturday, and applications will continue until Tuesday, midnight.