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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