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2018 Turkish presidential election candidate nominations
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Multiple [[Political parties in Turkey|political parties]] in [[Turkey]] underwent candidate selection processes in the run-up to the [[Turkish presidential election, 2018|2018 presidential election]]. Parties represented in the [[Grand National Assembly]] were able to field candidates directly by collecting signatures from at least 20 of their [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Members of Parliament]], as were parties who had no representation but won more than 5% in the previous general election. Candidates that did not meet either criteria were required to obtain over 100,000 signatures from Turkish citizens between 4 and 9 May.
The incumbent President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] was declared as the candidate for the [[People's Alliance (Turkey)|People's Alliance]], an electoral alliance between his [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (AK Party) and the far-right [[Nationalist Movement Party]] (MHP). The main opposition [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party]] (CHP) nominated [[Yalova (electoral district)|Yalova]] MP [[Muharrem İnce]]. The pro-Kurdish [[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] (HDP) nominated their imprisoned former leader [[Selahattin Demirtaş]]. Two other candidates, namely [[İYİ Party]] leader [[Meral Akşener]] and [[Felicity Party]] leader [[Temel Karamollaoğlu]] received more than 100,000 signatures and were thus nominated to contest the election.
==Official candidates==
The following candidates were formally nominated to contest the election.
==Nomination process==
===People's Alliance (AKP and MHP)====
The governing [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (AK Party or AKP) entered the elections in an alliance with the smaller [[Nationalist Movement Party]] (MHP). Having won public support from MHP leader [[Devlet Bahçeli]], incumbent president and AKP leader [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is widely expected to be the Alliance candidate.
In the [[Turkish presidential election, 2014|2014 presidential election]], the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] (MHP) opted to support the candidacy of [[Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu]], who was also backed by main opposition [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party]] and 12 minor parties. İhsanoğlu ultimately lost the election to [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]].<ref></ref> Following the 2015 parliamentary elections and the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|failed 15 July 2016 military coup]], the MHP moved closer to President Erdoğan and the AKP, supporting the latter's push for the ultimately successful [[Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017|2017 referendum]] to switch Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential system. In the aftermath of the referendum, there were speculations surrounding the MHP's choice of candidate for the next presidential election, scheduled for November 2019. While former MHP deputy [[Sinan Oğan]] declared his pre-candidacy for the presidency in 2017,<ref name="birgun1"></ref> party leader [[Devlet Bahçeli]] announced on 8 January 2018 that the MHP would support a potential re-election bid for Erdoğan, and that they would seek to enter formal talks with the AKP on co-operation in both presidential and parliamentary elections.<ref></ref><ref></ref> On 20 February 2018, the Nationalist Movement party formally entered into the [[Cumhur İttifakı|People's Alliance]] coalition with the AKP.<ref></ref>
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*[[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] , incumbent [[President of Turkey]] and leader of the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (AKP)<Ref>https://ift.tt/2rozULO>
===Republican People's Party (CHP)====
[[File:CHP and SP leader meeting.jpg|thumb|CHP leader [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]] and [[Felicity Party]] leader [[Temel Karamollaoğlu]] meet to discuss a potential joint candidate on 23 April 2018]]
The [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party]] (CHP) declared on 24 April 2018 that its parliamentary group would decide its presidential candidate. The party's leader [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]] is regarded as the most likely candidate, despite ruling himself out on multiple occasions before the election was announced.<ref></ref> Two days after the election was called, CHP Members of Parliament [[Öztürk Yılmaz]] and [[Didem Engin]] declared interest in running as their party's candidate, while [[Muharrem İnce]] and [[Haluk Pekşen]] were also rumoured to have started gathering support for a potential run. On 23 April, it was reported that the CHP had narrowed down their potential candidates to two, namely Muharrem İnce and [[Eskişehir]] Mayor [[Yılmaz Büyükerşen]], although İstanbul MP [[İlhan Kesici]] was still mentioned as a third option.<ref>https://ift.tt/2JZKijM>
At the same time as attempting to determine a party candidate, the CHP conducted meetings with other parties to explore the prospect of a joint nominee. On 22 April, the CHP took the decision to allow 15 CHP MPs to cross over to the [[İYİ Party]] to guarantee them an election run, raising speculation over İYİ leader [[Meral Akşener]] as a potential joint candidate.<ref>https://ift.tt/2rozV2k>. On 23 April, Kılıçdaroğlu met with [[Felicity Party]] (SP) leader [[Temel Karamollaoğlu]], with Karamollaoğlu calling for a triple alliance between the CHP, İYİ and his own party to nominate former President [[Abdullah Gül]]. The potential joint candidacy of Gül, a former member of the AK Party, was not outrightly denied by the CHP, leading to criticism across CHP voters.<ref>https://ift.tt/2K0zVfy> With the İYİ Party insisting on nominating Akşener, the probability of a triple alliance has decreased.<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSwFo>
After forming the [[Nation Alliance (Turkey)|Nation]] alliance with the İyi, Felicity, and Democratic parties in early May 2018, the leadership of the Republican People's Party reiterated its intention to field its own candidate for the presidential election. On 3 May 2018, the central CHP figure [[İlhan Kesici]] announced that the party would nominate [[Muharrem İnce]], a CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|member of parliament]] for [[Yalova (electoral district)|Yalova]], as its presidential candidate.<ref></ref> Party leader [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]] is scheduled to formally proclaim İnce's candidacy during a press conference on 4 May 2018.<ref></ref>
====Party members====
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! colspan=8 | CHP members
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| [[File:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 3 (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Öztürk Yılmaz-2017.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Didem Engin.png|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Muharrem İnce (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Deniz Baykal headshot.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Yılmaz Büyükerşen bc75.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:İlhan Kesici.png|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Haluk Koç2.jpg|center|150x150px]]
|-
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
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| '''[[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]]'''
| '''[[Öztürk Yılmaz]]'''
| '''[[Didem Engin]]'''
| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| '''[[Muharrem İnce]]'''
| '''[[Deniz Baykal]]'''
| '''[[Yılmaz Büyükerşen]]'''
| '''[[İlhan Kesici]]'''
| '''[[Haluk Koç]]'''
|-
| [[İzmir (electoral districts)|İzmir]] [[İzmir (1st electoral district)|(II)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]] and CHP leader
| [[Ardahan (electoral district)|Ardahan]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]] and deputy leader
| [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul]] [[İstanbul (2nd electoral district)|(II)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| [[Yalova (electoral district)|Yalova]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| [[Antalya (electoral district)|Antalya]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]] and former leader
| [[Eskişehir|Mayor of Eskişehir]]
| [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul]] [[İstanbul (1st electoral district)|(I)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| [[Ankara (electoral districts)|Ankara]] [[Ankara (2nd electoral district)|(II)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
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| Speculated
| Declared interest
| Declared interest
| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| Nominated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
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| [[File:Özgür Özel(cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Haluk Pekşen.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Aziz Kocaoglu edited.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Faik Öztrak.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Murat Karayalcın (portrait).jpg|150x150px]]
| [[File:Mehmethaberal (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
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! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
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! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
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| '''[[Özgür Özel]]'''
| '''[[Haluk Pekşen]]'''
| '''[[Aziz Kocaoğlu]]'''
| '''[[Faik Öztrak]]'''
| '''[[Murat Karayalçın]]'''
| '''[[Mehmet Haberal]]'''
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| [[Manisa (electoral district)|Manisa]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| [[Trabzon (electoral district)|Trabzon]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| [[İzmir|Mayor of İzmir]]
| [[Tekirdağ (electoral district)|Tekirdağ]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| Former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister]]
| Former [[Zonguldak (electoral district)|Zonguldak]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
|-
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
|}
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*'''[[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]]''', leader of the [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party]] (CHP) and [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[İzmir (electoral districts)|İzmir's]] [[İzmir (2nd electoral district)|second electoral district]] (declined July 2017, still speculated)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K274HY>
*'''[[Öztürk Yılmaz]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Ardahan (electoral district)|Ardahan]] and deputy leader responsible for foreign affairs (declared interest 20 April)<Ref>https://ift.tt/2rqSPp0>
*'''[[Didem Engin]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul's]] [[İstanbul (2nd electoral district)|second electoral district]] (declared interest 20 April)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3w15V>
*'''[[Muharrem İnce]]''' , CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Yalova (electoral district)|Yalova]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSBJc>
*'''[[Deniz Baykal]]''', former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister]], former leader of the CHP and current [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Antalya (electoral district)|Antalya]] (hospitalised since October 2017)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3He6p>
*'''[[Yılmaz Büyükerşen]]''', current [[Eskişehir|Mayor of Eskişehir]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2rqSRx8>
*'''[[İlhan Kesici]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul's]] [[İstanbul (1st electoral district)|first electoral district]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2K1bG13>
*'''[[Haluk Koç]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Ankara (electoral districts)|Ankara's]] [[Ankara (2nd electoral district)|second electoral district]] and former party spokesperson<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSDRk>
*'''[[Özgür Özel]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Manisa (electoral district)|Manisa]] and [[parliamentary group leader]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2K273no>
*'''[[Haluk Pekşen]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Trabzon (electoral district)|Trabzon]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSFZs>
*'''[[Aziz Kocaoğlu]]''', [[İzmir|Mayor of İzmir]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSFZs>
*'''[[Faik Öztrak]]''', CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Tekirdağ (electoral district)|Tekirdağ]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSFZs>
*'''[[Murat Karayalçın]]''', former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]]<Ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lcf1>
*'''[[Mehmet Haberal]]''', former CHP MP for [[Zonguldak (electoral district)|Zonguldak]]<ref>https://medium.com/@kamileryazar_76083/chpnin-şimdilik-olası-2019-cumhurbaşkanı-adayları-95c1d1015fa9</ref>
====Cross-party members====
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! colspan=8 | Independent or cross-party candidates
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| [[File:Abdullah Gül Senate of Poland (cropped).JPG|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Ali Babacan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 crop.jpg|150x150px]]
| [[File:Meral Akşener İYİ Party 1 (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Ilker Basbug.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Ali Yıldırım Koç.JPG|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Metinfeyzioglu1.png|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Abdullatif Sener-edited.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Kemal Dervis.jpg|center|150x150px]]
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! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
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! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
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| '''[[Abdullah Gül]]'''
| '''[[Ali Babacan]]'''
| '''[[Meral Akşener]]'''
| '''[[İlker Başbuğ]]'''
| '''[[Ali Koç]]'''
| '''[[Metin Feyzioğlu]]'''
| '''[[Abdüllatif Şener]]'''
| '''[[Kemal Derviş]]'''
|-
| Former [[President of Turkey|President]]
| Former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister]] and AKP MP
| [[İYİ Party]] leader
| Former [[Chief of General Staff of Turkey|Chief of General Staff]]
| Businessman
| [[Turkish Bars Association|TBB]] president
| Former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister]]
| Former [[Ministry of Economy (Turkey)|Minister of Economic Affairs]]
|-
| Declined
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
| Speculated
|}
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*'''[[Abdullah Gül]]''', former AK Party [[Prime Minister of Turkey|Prime Minister]] and 11th [[President of Turkey]]<Ref>https://ift.tt/2IlLIYI>
*'''[[Ali Babacan]]''', AKP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] and former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LdzB>
*'''[[Meral Akşener]]''', leader of the [[İYİ Party]] (potential CHP support speculated)<ref>https://ift.tt/2rqSUZQ>
*'''[[İlker Başbuğ]]''', former [[Chief of General Staff of Turkey]]<Ref>https://ift.tt/2K1xKIC>
*'''[[Cem Boyner]]''', CEO of Boyner Holding<ref>https://ift.tt/2roIbPU>
*'''[[Ali Koç]]''', Turkish businessman, son of [[Rahmi Koç]] and former Vice President of [[Fenerbahçe S.K.]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LgeL>
*'''[[Metin Feyzioğlu]]''', President of the [[Turkish Bars Association]] (TBB)<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSNIq>
*'''[[Abdüllatif Şener]]''', former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2JWUhGs>
*'''[[Kemal Derviş]]''', former [[Ministry of Economy (Turkey)|Minister of Economic Affairs]] and former Administrator to the [[United Nations Development Program]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2FlTFrb?
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*'''Özgür Demirtaş''', Turkish economics professor, recommended by Kemal Derviş<ref>https://ift.tt/2K0sSU5>
===Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)===
The co-leader of the [[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] (HDP) [[Pervin Buldan]] announced in March 2018 that they would field a candidate.<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSQnA> Since then, the party's former co-leader and [[Turkish presidential election, 2014|2014 presidential]] candidate [[Selahattin Demirtaş]] has been widely regarded as the frontrunner to be the HDP's candidate. However, Demirtaş has remained imprisoned since November 2016 awaiting trial on a multitude of charges ranging from insulting the president to inciting terrorism.<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lkev>. Following the announcement of the early election, Demirtaş announced that his party would work to find an effective and encompassing candidate, ruling himself out of the race.<ref>https://ift.tt/2InSTzM>
On 24 April, HDP co-leader [[Sezai Temelli]] announced that they would field a candidate that was 'strong and will encompass all of Turkey.'<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LlPB> On 24 April, it was reported that despite initial speculation to the contrary, Demirtaş would be the HDP's candidate for the second time.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Iloq59> This was confirmed on 25 April, as the HDP executive voted to nominate him as their candidate.<Ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LouL>
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| [[File:Selahattin Demirtaş 2015-12-18 (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Filiz Kerestecioğlu.png|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Sırrı Süreyya Önder (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Ertuğrul Kürkçü (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Rıza Türmen (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Figen Yüksekdağ.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Ufuk Uras.png|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Gençay Gürsoy.png|150x150px]]
| [[File:Şebnem Korur Fincancı.png|150x150px]]
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| '''[[Selahattin Demirtaş]]'''
| '''[[Filiz Kerestecioğlu]]'''
| '''[[Sırrı Süreyya Önder]]'''
| '''[[Ertuğrul Kürkçü]]'''
| '''[[Rıza Türmen]]'''
| '''[[Figen Yüksekdağ]]'''
| '''[[Ufuk Uras]]'''
| '''[[Gençay Gürsoy]]'''
| '''[[Şebnem Korur Fincancı]]'''
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul]] [[İstanbul (1st electoral district)|(I)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul]] [[İstanbul (2nd electoral district)|(II)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| [[Ankara (electoral districts)|Ankara]] [[Ankara (1st electoral district)|(I)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| former HDP co-leader and [[İzmir (electoral districts)|İzmir]] [[İzmir (1st electoral district)|(I)]] [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]]
| Former CHP MP
| Former HDP co-leader
| Former [[Freedom and Solidarity Party|ÖDP]] leader
| Medical surgeon
| Medical surgeon and journalist
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| '''Nominated'''
| Declined
| Ineligible
| Ineligible
| Speculated
| Ineligible
| Declined
| Declined
| Declined
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|}
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*'''[[Selahattin Demirtaş]]''' , former co-leader of the HDP, [[Turkish presidential election, 2014|2014 presidential candidate]] and [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul's]] [[İstanbul (1st electoral district)|first electoral district]] (imprisoned since November 2016; nominated 25 April 2018)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LouL>
*'''[[Filiz Kerestecioğlu]]''', HDP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|İstanbul's]] [[İstanbul (2nd electoral district)|second electoral district]] (declined 18 April 2018)<ref>https://ift.tt/2rqT3wm>
*'''[[Sırrı Süreyya Önder]]''', HDP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[Ankara (electoral districts)|Ankara's]] [[Ankara (1st electoral district)|first electoral district]] (ineligile due to the lack of a university degree)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lp1N>
*'''[[Ertuğrul Kürkçü]]''', former HDP co-leader and [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] for [[İzmir (electoral districts)|İzmir's]] [[İzmir (1st electoral district)|first electoral district]] (ineligile due to the lack of a university degree)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lp1N>
* '''[[Rıza Türmen]]''', former CHP [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lp1N>
* '''[[Figen Yüksekdağ]]''', former HDP co-leader (party membership legally revoked as of March 2017, lacks university degree)<ref>https://ift.tt/2rqT57s>
* '''[[Ufuk Uras]]''', former leader of the [[Freedom and Solidarity Party|ÖDP]] and former [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|Member of Parliament]] under the [[Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lp1N>
* '''[[Gençay Gürsoy]]''', Turkish medical surgeon<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lp1N>
* '''[[Şebnem Korur Fincancı]]''', Turkish medical surgeon and journalist<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3Lp1N>
===İYİ Party===
The [[İYİ Party]], formed on 25 October 2017, has campaigned on the promise of reverting Turkey back to a [[parliamentary system]] of government, as opposed to the [[executive presidency]] that will take effect following the elections. The party's leader [[Meral Akşener]] declared her candidacy for the presidency on the day of her party's establishment, becoming on of the earliest declared candidates. On 18 April 2018, shortly after the early election was announced, Akşener re-affirmed her candidacy and stated that her party would find 100,000 signatures nominated her as a candidate. Early in the evening of May 4, 2018, it was announced that Akşener received 127,850 signatures, becoming the first of the four candidates to cross the threshold.
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| [[File:Meral Akşener İYİ Party 1 (cropped).jpg|center|150x150px]]
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! style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:;"|
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| '''[[Meral Akşener]]'''
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| [[İYİ Party]] leader
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| '''Nominated'''
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|}
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*'''[[Meral Akşener]]''' , former [[Ministry of the Interior (Turkey)|Interior Minister]], [[Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly]] and leader of the [[İYİ Party]] (declared 25 October 2017, nominated 24 April 2018)<Ref>https://ift.tt/2K088Mh>
===Felicity Party===
Despite winning less than 1% of the vote in the [[Turkish general election, November 2015|previous general election]], the [[Felicity Party]]'s (SP) candidate selection process was subject to much media speculation due to the prospect of them joining an [[Nation Alliance (Turkey)|anti-Erdoğan alliance]] and fielding a joint candidate. The recent success of SP leader [[Temel Karamollaoğlu]] in gaining media attention for his party meant that the leaders of both the [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party]] (CHP) and the [[İYİ Party]] met with Karamollaoğlu to discuss a joint alliance. Karamollaoğlu proposed [[Abdullah Gül]] as a joint candidate, but heavy opposition from the CHP and the insistence of [[Meral Akşener]] on being her own party's candidate led to this proposal being rejected.
The SP conducted an internal poll of four candidates, which emerged with Temel Karamollaoğlu being announced as the party's candidate on 1 May.<ref>https://ift.tt/2IlovWv> Early in the evening of May 4, 2018, it was announced that Karamollaoğlu received 44,967 signatures, representing a deficit of 55,033. As of May 6, 2018, Karamollaoğlu received 135,945 signatures, becoming the second out of the four candidates to cross the threshold.
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| [[File:Temel Karamollaoğlu.jpg|center|150x150px]]
| [[File:Abdullah Gül Senate of Poland (cropped).JPG|center|150x150px]]
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| style="width:100px; font-size:100%; background:#DEFDE6;"| '''[[Temel Karamollaoğlu]]'''
| '''[[Abdullah Gül]]'''
| '''[[Haşim Kılıç]]'''
| '''[[Abdüllatif Şener]]'''
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| Former [[President of Turkey|President]]
| Former [[Constitutional Court of Turkey|President of the Constitutional Court]]
| Former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]]
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*'''[[Temel Karamollaoğlu]]''' , former [[Sivas|Mayor of Sivas]] and leader of the SP (nominated 1 May 2018)
*'''[[Abdullah Gül]]''', former [[President of Turkey]] (declined 28 April 2018)
*'''[[Haşim Kılıç]]''', former [[Constitutional Court of Turkey|President of the Constitutional Court]]
*'''[[Abdüllatif Şener]]''', former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]]
===Others===
Besides the AKP, CHP, MHP and HDP, no other party can nominate candidates without collecting 100,000 signatures first. In 2017, the [[Felicity Party]] (SP) preliminarily announced that they would bring forward a candidate by gathering 100,000 signatures in order to bypass the 5% [[Election threshold|threshold]]. In January 2018, SP leader Temel Karamollaoğlu replied that former President [[Abdullah Gül]] could be their potential candidate. During a convention on January 17, 2018, Karamollaoğlu pointed out that there is "no [[rule of law]] left" in Turkey due to President Erdoğan's increasing [[authoritarianism]], in addition to ruling out an alleged alliance with the CHP on the same day. Although SP is against the AKP roadmap, Erdoğan held several talks with the SP in February 2018 to allegedly convince the party executive into endorsement, as he successfully did with the [[Great Unity Party]] (BBP). On February 14, 2018, Karamollaoğlu reaffirmed his anti-alliance stance and confirmed that the SP will definitively have their own presidential candidate.
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| '''[[Doğu Perinçek]]'''
| '''[[Vecdet Öz]]'''
| '''[[Sinan Oğan]]'''
| '''[[Tuna Bekleviç]]'''
| '''[[Levent Gültekin]]'''
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| [[Patriotic Party (Turkey)|VATAN]] leader
| [[Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)|Justice Party]] (AP) leader
| Former MHP MP
| Economist
| Journalist
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*'''[[Doğu Perinçek]]''', leader of the [[Patriotic Party (Turkey)|Patriotic Party]] (announced 27 January 2018, received 45,026 signatures as of May 6, 2018)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LrGX>
*'''[[Vecdet Öz]]''', leader of the [[Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)|Justice Party]] (AP), nominated as the joint candidate of the AP, [[True Path Party (2007)|True Path Party]] and [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|Motherland Party]] (ANAP) (received 1,256 signatures as of May 6, 2018)<ref>https://ift.tt/2IpcEag>
*'''[[Sinan Oğan]]''', former MHP Member of Parliament for [[Iğdır (electoral district)|Iğdır]] (declared interest 18 April 2017, suspended from MHP on 19 July 2017).<ref name="birgun1"></ref><ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LsL1>
*'''[[Tuna Bekleviç]]''', Former consultant to the [[Ministry of European Union Affairs (Turkey)|Ministry of European Union Affairs]] and leader of the Hayır Party (announced 26 September 2017)<Ref>https://ift.tt/2rqT9UK>
*'''[[Levent Gültekin]]''', journalist (announced 18 April 2018)<ref>https://ift.tt/2K3LtP5>
Akşener, Karamollaoğlu, Perinçek and Öz were the only candidates that applied by the deadline required for the collection of 100,000 signatures.<ref></ref>
===Others===
==Signature collection process==
May 08, 2018 at 03:13AM
