Turkey”s opposition party elects leader
May 22, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
ANKARA: Turkey”s main opposition party is set to elect an anti-corruption crusader as its new leader following the chairman”s resignation over a sex scandal.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu is standing unopposed for the leadership of the pro-secular Republican People”s Party at the party”s congress Saturday.
The 62-year old former bureaucrat headed Turkey”s social security agency and led an association dedicated to fighting state corruption before winning a seat in parliament in 2002.
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