Politics · Turkey · 14 hrs ago
Four candidates contest Ankara Bar Association leadership
Lawyers in Ankara began voting to choose the next president of the Ankara Bar Association.
The election is part of the association’s 69th general assembly, held at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center.
Four candidates are competing for the presidency.
Voting began at 09:00 and is scheduled to end at 17:00.
Members are also choosing a 10-member governing board, a five-member disciplinary board and a three-member audit board.
They will also elect seven delegates to the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.
The vote will determine the association’s leadership and other elected representatives.
Four candidates are competing to become president of the Ankara Bar Association.
Voting began at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center as part of the association’s 69th Ordinary General Assembly.
The vote is scheduled to run from 09:00 to 17:00.
Members will also elect the association’s governing, disciplinary and supervisory boards, as well as delegates to the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.
- Who
- Four candidates are contesting the Ankara Bar Association presidency.
- What
- Members are voting for a new president and other association positions.
- When
- Voting began at 09:00 and is scheduled to end at 17:00. The article was published on 11 October 2026.
- Where
- Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Ankara.
- Why
- To choose the association’s new president and determine its new governing bodies.
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Voting began at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center during the 69th Ordinary General Assembly.
Voting is scheduled to end.
- Candidates
- Elçin Özge Şimşek Çağlayan, Mehmet Zeki Kaplan, Funda Şahin and Doğukan Kozan
- Assembly
- 69th Ordinary General Assembly
- Voting hours
- 09:00–17:00
- Governing board
- 10 members
- Disciplinary board
- 5 members
- Supervisory board and delegates
- 3 supervisory board members and 7 Union of Turkish Bar Associations delegates
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