Education
Karayalçın was educated at Ankara University and at the University of East Anglia where he graduated with a Masters degree in Development Economics in 1977.
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Murat Karayalcın
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He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He was elected leader of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) on 11 September 1993, succeeding Erdal İnönü and served as the deputy prime minister briefly in the 50th government of Turkey. The party merged with the Republican People"s Party (CHP) in 1995.
He was nominated by the Republican People"s Party (CHP) as candidate for mayor of Ankara in the 2009 local elections, in which he gained 31.50% of all votes.
In 2002 he founded the new Social Democratic People"s Party.
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Social Democratic Populist Party