Turkey is heading towards its local elections. Here are the mayoral candidates for Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
, is a well-known local figure in Ankara who previously served as mayor in Ankara’s Beypazarı district.Mansur Yavas was elected as mayor of Ankara’s Beypazari district in the 1999 and 2004 elections. In 2009 he became the MHP candidate for the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and came in third following the AK Party and CHP candidates.
Prior to the 2014 local elections Yavas joined the CHP and ran for Ankara’s mayor for the second time. Although Yavos lost the elections he was able to raise his votes. Mr Yavas will be running for the third time to become mayor of Ankara as CHP’s candidate. His candidacy is also supported by IYI Party.Mehmet Ozhaseki began his political career in his home city of Kayseri in central Turkey. He was elected as mayor of Kayseri for four terms, serving in the post for nearly two decades.
Mehmet Ozhaseki is the AK Party’s current deputy chairman, responsible for local administrations. Ozhaseki will be running as the AK Party’s mayoral candidate for the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, with the support of the MHP.with a population of 4.3 million. Located on the coast of the Aegean Sea, one the most industrialised parts of the country, Izmir is a port city linking the Aegean region to the world. The city has been an economic and sociocultural hub throughout its history.
Izmir is known as the stronghold of the main opposition party CHP party and the city has been run by CHP mayors since 1999. In the upcoming local elections the CHP’s candidate will be Izmir’s Seferhisar district mayor,
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