Turkey's Iyi Party opposition leader to step down


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  • Monday, 23 Jul 2018

FILE PHOTO: Meral Aksener, Iyi (Good) Party leader and presidential candidate, talks to the media after casting her ballot at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

ANKARA (Reuters) - The leader of Turkey's opposition Iyi (Good) Party, Meral Aksener, said on Sunday that she would step down from her post at an extraordinary party congress.

Aksener, a former interior minister and lawmaker from the nationalist MHP party, formed the Iyi Party last year after splitting from the MHP, which supports President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party.

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