Baykal gives nod to Karayalcin's run for greater Ankara mayor

Meeting yesterday with Social Democratic People's Party (SHP) leader Murat Karayalcin, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal agreed Karayalcin could run for Ankara Metropolitan Municipality mayor under the CHP banner next March. "The people of Ankara still fondly remember when Karayalcin was mayor (in 1989-1993)," Baykal later told reporters. "I hope this fondness will bear fruit."