Erdoğan unveils AKP's 25‑year plan at Ankara rally of more than 100,000
At a 25th‑anniversary rally in Ankara, Erdoğan presented a 69‑page AKP plan with ten priority areas and set symbolic targets for 2053 and 2071.
In a mass rally in Ankara attended by more than 100,000 people, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan set out a long-term roadmap for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) covering the next quarter-century. The event, staged in the Millet Bahçesi park to mark the party's 25th anniversary, was carried live by major Turkish broadcasters.
Erdoğan framed the plan as a generational project and told the crowd: "We begin again. This movement, this team, these young people, their children and their grandchildren will take Turkey first to 2053, and then to 2071," Erdoğan said.
He also signalled his intention to remain an active figure in politics. Erdoğan said he has five decades of political activity behind him and offered a personal commitment to continue serving the country if his health allows.
2053 and 2071 as political milestones
Erdoğan invoked two symbolic future dates as anchors for the party's ambitions: 2053, the 600th anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, and 2071, the 1,000th anniversary of the Battle of Manzikert (Malazgirt). He presented those years as long-term targets for achieving the AKP's political and development goals for modern Turkey.
At the anniversary Erdoğan unveiled a 69‑page party document that lays out priorities for the coming 25 years, organised across ten areas. The text highlights a mix of economic, institutional and social aims, including:
- high value‑added production,
- digital sovereignty,
- the judicial system and a new constitution,
- family and social policy,
- the position of women and youth,
- and the green transition.
Erdoğan also emphasised the "Turkey without terrorism" initiative, describing progress toward resolving a four‑decade conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. During the rally three opposition MPs and seven mayors joined the AKP and received party pins from Erdoğan personally. The Justice and Development Party was founded on 14 August 2001, won parliamentary elections in 2002 and has remained the country's ruling party since then.
Summing up his personal role, Erdoğan told supporters: "If God grants me health and a long life, I will continue to serve Turkey and my people with love for many more years," reaffirming that he does not intend to withdraw from public life.
Photo: press material from the event
