Murat Karayalçın (born 1943) is a prominent Turkish

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. He is a former

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(1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

(1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new SHP. Karayalçın was educated at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences and at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

where he graduated with a master's degree in Development Economics in 1977. He was elected leader of the

SODEP The Social Democracy Party ( tr, Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi, SODEP) of Turkey was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with the People's Party to form the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985. Ideolo ...

on 11 September 1993, succeeding

Erdal İnönü Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...

and served as the deputy prime minister briefly in the 50th government of Turkey. The party merged with the CHP in 1995. He was nominated by the CHP as candidate for

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in the 2009 local elections, in which he gained 31.50% of all votes. In 2002 he founded the new SHP.

References

External links

* Biyografi.info
''Biography of Murat Karayalçın''
* Biyografi.net
''Biography of Murat Karayalçın''
1943 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia People from Hemşin Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) politicians Social Democratic People's Party (Turkey) politicians Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Mayors of Ankara Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey Leaders of political parties in Turkey Turkish people of Hemshin descent Deputies of Rize Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 50th government of Turkey {{Turkey-mayor-stub