TDP announces 50 prospective parliamentary candidates

The Social Democracy Party (TDP) has announced the names of 50 people who applied to be parliamentary candidates from six districts ahead of the general elections on 6 December. According to a TDP Press Office statement, the prospective candidates met at a gathering held at Rüstem Kitabevi. Election preparations, the party’s goal of returning to the Cumhuriyet Meclisi (Assembly of the Republic) and political responsibilities toward the country’s future were discussed.

TDP Chairman Zeki Çeler, Secretary General Redif Ekinci and Lefkoşa Turkish Municipality mayoral candidate Mehmet Harmancı spoke at the meeting. The ranking of candidates will be decided by party members’ votes at a Candidate Ranking Congress on Sunday. Çeler said the party is ready to produce solutions to the country’s problems.

Harmancı said: “On 6 December we will bring the voice of the people back into the Assembly.” The announced list includes 16 candidates from Lefkoşa, 12 each from Gazimağusa and Girne, 5 from İskele, 3 from Güzelyurt and 2 from Lefke.