Main opposition CHP won’t nominate scarved candidate

However, in a different statement on Thursday he ruled out the possibility of the CHP nominating any headscarved candidates for the upcoming general elections. Speaking about the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) nominating a headscarved deputy as a candidate, Tekin said in a press conference at a CHP İstanbul branch office yesterday, “It is the AK Party’s business; it is not up to us to follow who will run as a candidates from what political party.” During Tekin’s term as İstanbul branch president, the CHP initiated its “chador initiative” in late 2008 and then-leader Baykal pinned party badges on women wearing chadors, also accepting several such women into the party’s ranks.