![]() ![]() Mr Acar studied as a town planner at Istanbul Technical University. ![]() Instead, the nationalists have gone for Rasim Acar, who at 37 is three decades younger than Mr Durmuş. But it is still a surprise that the MHP decided not to respond to the populist candidates of its two bigger rivals with a poor imitation of its own. ![]() He hasn’t been in office since his party lost the 2002 election and has spent barely any of his career in Istanbul. Both of them are instantly recognisable and media-friendly. He would have been the MHP’s answer to Kadir Topbaş and Mustafa Sarıgül, respectively the nominee and presumptive nominee of Turkey’s two largest parties. It’s a surprise, because most commentators were expecting the nominee to be Osman Durmuş, a former health minister. Turkey’s third party, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has announced an architect and transport planner as its candidate for mayor of Istanbul. We now have a better idea of who’s running for the third most important job in Turkish politics Kadir Topbaş, AK Party Mustafa Sarıgül, CHP (presumptive) Rasim Acar, MHP Sırrı Süreyya Önder, HDP ![]()
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