ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed nine prominent politicians who joined the AK Party on Tuesday.
Former secretary general of the Republican People`s Party (CHP) Ertugrul Gunay, former minister of national education Mehmet Saglam, former member of the CHP and writer Haluk Ozdalga, economist Mehmet Simsek, lawyer Aysenur Bahcekapili, former member of the True Path Party (DYP) and writer Reha Camuroglu, former deputy of the Social Democratic People`s Party (SHP) Erdal Kalkan, former director of the CHP chapter in Istanbul Ibrahim Yigit and, spouse of famous cartoonist Salih Memecan, Nursuna Memecan joined the AK Party officially.