Karayalcin leaves SHP helm, set to join CHP and run for Ankara mayor

Murat Karayalcin, set to run for Ankara Greater Municipality mayor next year under the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) banner, yesterday resigned from his leadership of the Social Democratic People's Party (SHP). Karayalcin's prospective CHP membership will be taken up during the party's Central Executive Board meeting tomorrow. A ceremony to celebrate his joining the CHP is expected to be held Thursday at the party's headquarters in Ankara.