Turkey ruling party elects Erdogan as chairman after referendum win: AFP

ANKARA: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Sunday elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its new chairman, returning him to the post he held for over a decade up until August 2014, an AFP correspondent said.

Erdogan, who was the only candidate for the job at a special AKP congress, takes over from Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as the party boss following constitutional changes agreed in the April 16 referendum on expanding his powers.