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June 16th, 2014 
David Schulberg
According to the World Bulletin, CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and MHP leader Devlet Bahceli made the revelation of former Organization of Islamic Cooperation chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu as their candidate in a meeting.
“This proposal is good for our nation. The MHP is also wishing to unite behind this name and to conclude the presidential election without it turning into a crisis,” the head of the MHP, Devlet Bahceli, said in a joint statement with his CHP counterpart, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
“Under today’s circumstances, we will be working on this name together,” Bahceli said.
The decision of the pro-secular center-left CHP and the right-wing MHP to put forward Ihsanoglu, known to be a moderate Islamist in the traditional sense, as a joint candidate for presidency has sent shockwaves across Turkey.
If he accepts, he will be most likely challenging Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the position. Although Erdogan is yet to officially reveal his candidacy, he has already been put down as the favorite to win.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is a Turkish academic, diplomat and former Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations.
Source Article from http://english.irib.ir/news/world/middle-east/item/190063-turkish-opposition-nominates-ihsanoglu-for-president
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