Turkish president and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party announced the list of 40 mayoral candidates
Turkish president and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party on Saturday announced the list of 40 mayoral candidates for the upcoming local elections in the country.
The names of candidates -- 14 metropolitan municipality and 26 provincial municipality mayoral candidates -- were revealed at the gathering of AK Party executives and supporters in Istanbul.
The candidates for following cities were announced:
Adiyaman, Amasya, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Elazığ, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kilis, Kocaeli, Malatya, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Rize, Samsun, Sinop, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ and Yalova.
Candidates for Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir were not revealed at today’s meeting.
The local elections in Turkey is scheduled to be held on March 31, 2019.
Turkey's opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli said on Saturday that the party will not nominate candidates in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara in the upcoming local elections."Regardless of who becomes Justice and Development Party's candidates in our three largest cities, we will fully support them," Bahçeli said while speaking at an event in southern Antalya province.Bahçeli added that MHP and AK Party did not make a secret deal before coming to this decision.Turkish citizens will head to polls for local elections across Turkey on March 31, 2019.The last elections in Turkey were presidential and parliamentary elections which were held on June 24 this year.The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party will unveil its mayor candidates for Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, as well as for 40 other provinces, later in the day.
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