Murat Karayalçın (born 26 October 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

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(1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new SHP. Of Hamsheni origin, Karayalçın was educated at

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Faculty of Political Sciences and at the

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where he graduated with a master's degree in Development Economics in 1977. He was elected leader of the SHP on 11 September 1993, succeeding Erdal İnönü 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

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

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* Biyografi.info
''Biography of Murat Karayalçın''
* Biyografi.net
''Biography of Murat Karayalçın''
1943 births Living people 20th-century mayors of places in Turkey 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