News - Son of Grey Wolves leader is elected as PACE vice-president

Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş has been elected as Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE reports on its X microblog. “Congratulations to Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş, who has just been elected as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Türkiye!” reads post on X. Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş, who is also a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is is the son of Alparslan Türkeş, the founder of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The Grey Wolves organization was formed by Colonel Alparslan Türkeş in the late 1960s as the paramilitary wing of the MHP.