48 candidates to be announced today: AKP's two metropolitan candidates largely finalized

AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will announce his party's mayoral candidates for 48 provinces today. It is considered certain that the AKP will nominate Keçiören Mayor Turgut Altınok in Ankara and Hamza Dağ in İzmir.

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48 candidates to be announced today: AKP's two metropolitan candidates largely finalized

The AKP's candidate introduction launch, which was planned for January 15, was postponed due to the martyrdom of 9 soldiers in clashes with the PKK terrorist organization in the Operation Claw-Lock region.

AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will announce the mayoral candidates for 48 provinces, including 17 metropolitan municipalities such as Ankara and İzmir, today at 14:00 at the ATO Congresium Congress and Exhibition Center.

TURGUT ALTINOK IN ANKARA

AKP Ankara Provincial Chairman Hakan Han Özcan shared a video with Turgut Altınok on his social media account.

Altınok, who is expected to be the Metropolitan Mayoral candidate for Ankara, currently serves as the Mayor of Keçiören.

EXPECTATION FOR HAMZA DAĞ IN İZMİR

According to the report on NTV; it was claimed that another candidate had been determined following Turgut Altınok. It was reported that this candidate is for İzmir. There is talk in the corridors that the AKP will nominate Hamza Dağ for İzmir.

CONTINUING WITH BEYAZGÜL IN ŞANLIURFA

While there is curiosity about who the AKP's Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Mayoral candidate will be, information obtained from the corridors suggests that they will continue with the current mayor, Zeynel Abidin Beyazgül.