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Four candidates will compete for the presidency at the Ankara Bar Association's 69th Ordinary General Assembly

Updated: 11 Eki 2026 · 1 min read · 192 words

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Four candidates will compete for the presidency at the Ankara Bar Association's 69th Ordinary General Assembly
The podium and books in the congress hall

Nazım Hikmet figures

The Ankara Bar Association’s 69th Ordinary General Assembly is being held at the Nazım Hikmet Congress and Art Center. The general assembly, which will last two days, will begin after the required 2 thousand 641 signatures are collected.

Lawyers’ Group measurements

Discussions will be held on the first day, and elections for the bar association’s bodies will take place on the second day between 09.00 and 17.00.

Candidates running for president:

  • Funda Şahin – Ankara Lawyers’ Rights Group
  • Mehmet Zeki Kaplan – Democrat Lawyers Change Group
  • Elçin Özge Şimşek Çağlayan – Democratic Left Lawyers Group
  • Doğukan Kozan – Turkish Nationalist Lawyers Group

A photo of the arrested Onursal General President Selçuk Kozağaçlı was featured at the ÇHD stand.

Democratic Left data

In the primary of the Democratic Left Lawyers, the bar association’s largest group with 26 thousand 206 members, Çağlayan received 2 thousand 533 votes, while incumbent president Mustafa Köroğlu received 2 thousand 393 votes.

In the previous election, 14 thousand 443 of the 24 thousand 453 members cast their votes, and Köroğlu was elected president with 4 thousand 544 votes. Bülent Yücetürk managed only 3 thousand 534 votes.

Source: Independent Türkçe · Compiled by editor Altay Tuna Emir.