Meral Aksener, a former Turkish interior minister and deputy parliament speaker, is pictured during a meeting to announce her new political party in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ANKARA (Reuters) - A prominent Turkish nationalist politician and former minister announced on Wednesday she was forming a new party which could pose a significant challenge to President Tayyip Erdogan in elections due within two years.
Former interior minister Meral Aksener, who unsuccessfully opposed Erdogan's drive for greater presidential powers in a referendum last April, said Turkey needed change after nearly 15 years of rule by his AK Party.
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