ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged that his ruling Justice and Development Party ( AKP ) will continue to expand its ranks, promising new recruits. "Despite all the attrition campaigns and all kinds of perception management operations, we are expanding our ranks even further. We continue to inspire trust in our friends and fear in our opponents," Erdoğan said on Aug. 13 during his speech at an AKP youth branch event in Ankara. He noted that around 130,000 new members joined the