{"id":4632,"date":"2012-07-03T22:16:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T22:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=4632"},"modified":"2012-07-03T22:28:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T22:28:24","slug":"%d5%a9%d5%b8%d6%82%d6%80%d6%84%d5%ab%d5%a1%d5%b5%d5%ab-%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ad%d5%a1%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%b0-%d5%af%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%b8%d5%9e%d5%b2-%d5%a7-%d5%af%d5%ab%d5%b6-%d5%a4%d5%a1%d5%bc%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%d5%a9%d5%b8%d6%82%d6%80%d6%84%d5%ab%d5%a1%d5%b5%d5%ab-%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ad%d5%a1%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%b0-%d5%af%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%b8%d5%9e%d5%b2-%d5%a7-%d5%af%d5%ab%d5%b6-%d5%a4%d5%a1%d5%bc%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%ac\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish opposition mulls female president candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.amwp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tutkey-bojner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>It is still uncertain who will run as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate for the presidency in 2014, while a woman may compete for the post as a candidate of the social democrats for Turkey\u2019s first popularly elected president.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA female president would suit the Turkey\u00a0of the 21st century well. I have several names on my mind,\u201d main opposition Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu\u00a0\u00a0said in a live TV show late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although he did not reveal the name on his mind, K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu\u2019s remarks over a female presidential candidate sparked curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several names are being whispered in the CHP\u2019s backrooms for the possible female presidential candidate. Many think that \u00dcmit Boyner, the head of the Turkish Industrialists\u2019 and Businessmen Association (T\u00dcS\u0130AD), is distinguished as the most likely candidate. Boyner often faces criticism from ruling party officials because of her opinions on political issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emine \u00dclker Tarhan, the CHP\u2019s deputy parliamentary group chair, is also among the names being rumored. A persistent challenger of the government, Tarhan particularly criticizes the government over judicial malpractices.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.amwp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/EMINE_TARHAN_CHP.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>G\u00fcldal Mumcu, CHP\u00a0\u00a0lawmaker and deputy Parliament Speaker, is also on the list of the CHP\u2019s potential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.amwp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/guldal-mumgu.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Presidential elections will be held in the summer of 2014, but neither the AKP nor the CHP\u00a0\u00a0have yet nominated anyone for the post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/\">http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"newstxt\">It is still uncertain who will run as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate for the presidency in 2014, while a woman may compete for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-4632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-women-and-elections","tag-148"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}