The head of the Justice and Development Party, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced the names of the party’s candidates for the presidency of 26 municipalities in Turkey in the local elections expected on March 31, 2024.

This came at the conference announcing the party’s candidates on Sunday at the Gulf Convention Center in Istanbul, with the participation of President Erdogan.

During the conference, the Turkish President revealed the names of 11 candidates for mayor of the following major cities: Istanbul, Aydin, Balikesir, Bursa, Denizli, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Kocaeli, Mugla, Ordu, and Samsun.

The names of 15 candidates for the mayors of Artvin, Bingöl, Bitlis, Çanakkale, Canakiri, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Giresun, Sparta, Kastamonu, Rize, Sinop, Tokat and Yalova were also announced.

The Turkish President is expected to announce the names of the candidates for the remaining states (a total of 81 states in Turkey) within the next few days.

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Teams of the Turkish Coast Guard Command rescued 12 irregular immigrants on Friday off Balıkesir state, which overlooks the Aegean Sea in the west of the country.

The Coast Guard Command said in a statement posted on its website that it had received a report of the presence of migrants on board a life raft off the “Ayulaq” district of Balikesir.

The statement indicated that a team affiliated with the command went to the area and succeeded in rescuing 12 migrants, who were found to have been forcibly returned by the Greek authorities to Turkish territorial waters.

The migrants were handed over to the Immigration Directorate in Balıkesir for legal action.

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