CTP names 50 candidates for December election

A total of 1,970 members voted at the party’s candidate selection congress at the Atatürk Sports Hall in Lefkoşa.

The final slate was drawn from 66 names, including candidates whose nominations had already been confirmed, with 16 missing out.

Speaking at the congress, CTP leader Sıla Usar İncirli pledged to make a population census and tackling corruption immediate priorities if the party came to power. She also promised equal opportunities in education, support for young people entering their first jobs and greater accountability in public spending, saying CTP would work to restore public trust in government.

The list comprises 16 candidates for Lefkoşa, 12 each for Gazimağusa and Girne, five for İskele, three for Güzelyurt and two for Lefke.

Sıla Usar İncirli heads the Lefkoşa list, Asım Akansoy leads Gazimağusa and Mehmet Kale Kişi tops the Girne slate. Fide Kürşat heads İskele, Aslı Murat leads Güzelyurt and Salahi Şahiner takes first place in Lefke.

The full candidate lists, in the order announced, are:

Lefkoşa: Sıla Usar İncirli, Sami Özuslu, Emine Dizdarlı, Devrim Barçın, Güven Bengihan, Ürün Solyalı, Doğuş Derya, Filiz Besim, Feriha Tel, İsmail Barbaros, Birikim Özgür, Mustafa Gürkan, Koral Aşam, Hamit Sakallı, Dilan Aşan and Derviş Baladanlı.

Gazimağusa: Asım Akansoy, Erkut Şahali, Şifa Çolakoğlu, Ayşegül Baybars, Teberrüken Uluçay, Metin Kulaksız, Mine Karaca, Eralp Şerifoğlu, Hasan Öztaş, Ersun Aytaç, Koral Özkoraltay and Kaan Güder.

Girne: Mehmet Kale Kişi, Ongun Talat, Tunç Adanır, Jale Refik Rogers, Fikri Toros, Fazilet Özdenefe, Deniz Kim, Ayşe Kaya, Ziya Tüzen, Mehmet Alpay Çelebi, Mehmet Nasiboğlu and Özlem Karadeniz.

İskele: Fide Kürşat, Hamit Caner, Biray Hamzaoğulları, Suphi Coşkun and Bilen Sayılı Bozkırlı.

Güzelyurt: Aslı Murat, Armağan Candan and Hasan Sarpten.

Lefke: Salahi Şahiner and Münevver Ebedi Çakmak.