The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) named Diyarbakır mayor Osman Baydemir as its Şanlıurfa candidate for next year’s local elections.
Baydemir has been holding the southeastern province’s mayoral seat for the last two terms after winning the elections in 2004, when he was the deputy chairman of the Human Rights Association (İHD).
The BDP has already named its co-chair Gültan Kışanak as itsDiyarbakır candidate for the local elections on March 30, 2014.
The BDP co-chair Selattin Demirtaş is expected to announce the party’s provincial and district candidates for Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Batman, Bingöl, Tunceli, Elazığ, Konya, Mardin, Mersin, Siirt, Şırnak and Şanlıurfa today.