Özgür Özel announced on live broadcast: The grandson of the citizen who told his troubles to Atatürk has become mayor!
CHP leader Özgür Özel was a guest on İsmail Küçükkaya's "Yeni Bir Sabah" program. Özel announced that the grandson of the citizen in one of Atatürk's iconic photographs, taken while he was listening to a citizen in Tokat, is Mehmet Erdem Ural, who was elected Mayor of Turhal, Tokat.
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CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, who unseated the AKP—which had held the top spot since 2002—in the March 31 Local Elections, spoke on İsmail Küçükkaya's "Yeni Bir Sabah" program.
During the program, where he made evaluations regarding the local elections, Özel announced that the grandson of the citizen in the iconic photograph of the Great Leader Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, taken while he was listening to a citizen in Tokat, has become a mayor.
Özel stated that this person is Mehmet Erdem Ural, who was elected as the new CHP Mayor of Turhal, Tokat.
WHO IS MEHMET ERDEM URAL?
Mehmet Erdem Ural was elected Mayor of Turhal, Tokat, in the March 31 Local Elections, surpassing AKP's Ümit Soylu with 40.95 percent of the vote.
So, who is Mehmet Erdem Ural? Here are the details...
Mehmet Erdem Ural was born in Turhal in 1981. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Turhal. He graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration in English at Çankaya University in 2004. A businessman, Ural served as a board member of the Turhal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TSO). Ural is married and a father of 3 children.
Ural is also the grandson of the citizen in Atatürk's famous photograph.