Local Elections '14: Ankara to vote for next mayor
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Ankaras mayor of 20 years, Melih Gokcek, competes against his strongest opponent, Mansur Yavas, in the mayoral elections on Sunday.
Anadolu Agency will follow Turkeys local elections on March 30 in the capital, Ankara, with a population of around five million. The elections will determine whether Ankaras current mayor, Melih Gokcek of the AK Party, who has been in office for 20 years, will continue to run Turkeys capital.
Gokcek received 38.5 percent of the votes in the 2009 mayoral elections in Ankara. His major rival in the elections is Mansur Yavas from the main opposition, the Republican Peoples Party (CHP).
In 2009, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) nominated Yavas as a mayoral candidate in Ankara.
Although MHP received 15.97 percent of the votes in Turkey, Yavas, the partys nominee at the time, received 26.9 percent of the votes in Ankara, indicating his popularity in the capital. The CHP nominee for the mayoral elections before Yavas was Murat Karayalcin, who received 31.5 percent of the votes in 2009.
If re-elected as the mayor of Ankara, Gokcek plans to build of a metro line, which connects to the airport in Ankara. He also wants to complete an aerial tramway project in Ankara to further minimize traffic in the five years ahead.
Gokcek also campaigns for protecting the provinces old town district and to build new recreation centers across Ankara.
Yavas was the mayor of Beypazari, one of the largest districts in Ankara, between 1999 and 2009. He promises to lower transportation fees in Ankara if he is elected as the next mayor. He also plans to build a light rail system in Ankara and monorails over the next five years if he becomes the next mayor.
By building recreation areas in the central part of Ankara, Yavas plans to restore the provinces historical areas.
Gokcek received 38.5 percent of the votes in the 2009 mayoral elections in Ankara. His major rival in the elections is Mansur Yavas from the main opposition, the Republican Peoples Party (CHP).
In 2009, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) nominated Yavas as a mayoral candidate in Ankara.
Although MHP received 15.97 percent of the votes in Turkey, Yavas, the partys nominee at the time, received 26.9 percent of the votes in Ankara, indicating his popularity in the capital. The CHP nominee for the mayoral elections before Yavas was Murat Karayalcin, who received 31.5 percent of the votes in 2009.
If re-elected as the mayor of Ankara, Gokcek plans to build of a metro line, which connects to the airport in Ankara. He also wants to complete an aerial tramway project in Ankara to further minimize traffic in the five years ahead.
Gokcek also campaigns for protecting the provinces old town district and to build new recreation centers across Ankara.
Yavas was the mayor of Beypazari, one of the largest districts in Ankara, between 1999 and 2009. He promises to lower transportation fees in Ankara if he is elected as the next mayor. He also plans to build a light rail system in Ankara and monorails over the next five years if he becomes the next mayor.
By building recreation areas in the central part of Ankara, Yavas plans to restore the provinces historical areas.
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