AKP's candidates for 20 provinces leaked from behind the scenes! Who will Erdoğan announce today?

Turkey has entered the local election atmosphere. 

AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will announce the candidates for 28 cities, primarily Istanbul, today (January 7) at the Haliç Congress Center.

MURAT KURUM BECOMES AKP'S IMM CANDIDATE

While all eyes in the political agenda are on the AKP's candidate introduction launch, a video that surfaced on social media last night (January 6) revealed that the AKP's Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality mayoral candidate is AKP Istanbul deputy Murat Kurum.

According to the news on Haberler.com, the AKP's mayoral candidates for 20 provinces have been determined hours before the ceremony.

HERE ARE THE CANDIDATES BEING DISCUSSED BEHIND THE SCENES

• Ankara: Turgut Altınok
• Istanbul: Murat Kurum
• Eskişehir: Nebi Hatipoğlu
• Sakarya: Ekrem Yüce
• Adana: Halil Nacar
• Gaziantep: Fatma Şahin
• Trabzon: Murat Zorluoğlu
• Şanlıurfa: Zeynel Abidin Beyazgül
• Balıkesir: Yücel Yılmaz
• Hatay: Mehmet Öntürk
• Konya: Uğur İbrahim Altay
• Antalya: Hakan Tütüncü
• Kayseri: Memduh Büyükkılıç
• Rize: Rahmi Metin
• Aksaray: Evren Dinçer
• Denizli: Osman Zolan
• Elazığ: Şahin Şerifoğulları
• Mardin: Veysi Şahin
• Nevşehir: Mehmet Savran
• Muş: Feyat Asya

46 MAYORAL CANDIDATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN ANKARA ON JANUARY 15

Erdoğan will announce the remaining 46 mayoral candidates from Ankara on January 15. District mayoral candidates will be determined after January 15.

News Source: 12punto