AK Party chairman meets Erdogan to submit cabinet list

ANKARA

Newly elected Chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Binali Yildirim is holding a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to submit a new cabinet list.

The meeting is taking place at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara.

On Sunday, Erdogan asked Yildirim to form the country's 65th government, after being elected as the chairman of the AK party, which has been ruling the country since 2002.