Fatih Portakal names a surprise candidate for the AKP's Istanbul mayoral bid! He announced it by calling it the 'final destination'...
Following AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's announcement of a date to reveal his party's mayoral candidates, journalist Fatih Portakal has put forward a surprise name for the AKP's Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality candidate.
Turkey has entered the atmosphere of local elections. While the doors to alliances have completely closed on the opposition front, the AKP aims to regain the metropolitan municipalities it lost in 2019, primarily Istanbul and Ankara.
CHP'S ISTANBUL MAYORAL CANDIDATE IS IMAMOĞLU
The CHP has nominated the incumbent mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu as its candidate for Istanbul in the local elections on March 31, 2024. There is great curiosity regarding which name the AKP will nominate against İmamoğlu.
ERDOĞAN GAVE A DATE FOR CANDIDATES
AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pointed to the end of December for the announcement of the primary metropolitan mayoral candidates.
FATIH PORTAKAL SAID 'BİNALİ YILDIRIM'
Evaluating the latest developments, Sözcü TV Main News Bulletin anchor Fatih Portakal stated that the final destination for the People's Alliance's Istanbul candidate could be Binali Yıldırım.
Fatih Portakal expressed the following regarding the Istanbul candidate:
"STILL UNDECIDED FOR ISTANBUL"
"From time to time, the comments we make do not align with the statements made by politicians. We make our comments and convey to you the information we call 'backstage intelligence' that we receive from some birds inside. Do you believe that politicians say everything? Erdoğan, Özgür Özel, Erbakan... Do not believe them.
As we said, President Erdoğan is still undecided for Istanbul... The names of Selçuk Bayraktar, Ali Yerlikaya, and Murat Kurum had been mentioned, as well as the name of the Fatih Mayor. In the end, if you ask where the needle will turn, I think the final destination could be Mr. Binali. Mr. Binali was announced on December 29 in 2019. If you ask whether he would do it, whether he would return, he would not. We are just saying, perhaps as a final destination, could it be him? It could be, why not? Of course, the one who will make the final decision is Binali Yıldırım."
News Source: 12punto
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