Lawyers head to the polls for the Ankara Bar Association presidency! 8 candidates are competing

Voting has begun at the 68th Ordinary General Assembly of the Ankara Bar Association. 8 presidential candidates are competing in the election, which is being held with the participation of 24,400 lawyers. Voting will end at 17:00.

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Lawyers head to the polls for the Ankara Bar Association presidency! 8 candidates are competing

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Voting has begun at the 68th Ordinary General Assembly of the Ankara Bar Association.

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At the general assembly, which is being held at the Atatürk Sports and Exhibition Hall, voting began at 09:00 and will conclude at 17:00.

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Lawyers who arrived at the congress hall early to cast their votes created a crowd.

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While various groups set up stands in the congress center garden, presidential candidates greeted members at the hall entrance as they arrived to vote.

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The candidates competing for the Ankara Bar Association presidency are: the incumbent president Mustafa Köroğlu, nominated by the Democratic Left Lawyers (DSA); Bülent Yücetürk from the 100th Year Democratic Left Lawyers (100.Yıl DSA); Mehmet Zeki Kaplan from the Ankara Bar Association Change Group; Ebru Dönmez from the Lawyers' Rights Group; Coşkun Özgür Piroğlu from the Militant Lawyers Group; Doğukan Tonguç Cankurt from the Libertarian Contemporary Lawyers; Hakan Erdem from the Turkish Nationalist Lawyers Group; and independent candidate İbrahim Akın.

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In the election, where a total of 24,400 lawyers are eligible to vote, members will elect the bar president, as well as a 10-member board of directors, a 5-member disciplinary board, a 3-member supervisory board, and 7 delegates to the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.