Eight Independent Candidates to Contest Parliamentary Election

Eight independent candidates have been included in the provisional list of parliamentary candidates announced by the Supreme Election Board. The presence of the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) chairman, secretary-general and district chairmen among the independent candidates has drawn attention.

Four MDP figures are entering the election race as independent candidates, standing in the Nicosia, Famagusta and Kyrenia electoral districts.

MDP Chairman Buray Büsküvütçü is standing as an independent candidate in Nicosia, MDP Nicosia District Chairman Hüseyin Mert Coşkun in Famagusta, and MDP Kyrenia District Chairman Kaan Hakan Özbay and MDP Secretary-General Av. Sunalp Derviş Sencer in Kyrenia.

The other independent candidates are Çetin Sadeli and Kurtuluş Koçak from Nicosia, İbrahim Yazıcı from Famagusta and Ali Sanatkar from İskele.

The eight independent candidates on the provisional list are as follows:

• Çetin Sadeli – Nicosia

• Kurtuluş Koçak – Nicosia

• Buray Büsküvütçü (MDP Chairman) – Nicosia

• İbrahim Yazıcı – Famagusta

• Hüseyin Mert Coşkun (MDP Nicosia District Chairman) – Famagusta

• Kaan Hakan Özbay (MDP Kyrenia District Chairman) – Kyrenia

• Av. Sunalp Derviş Sencer (MDP Secretary-General) – Kyrenia

• Ali Sanatkar – İskele