“I will be the president of 80 million, of rightists and leftists, of Alevis and Sunnis, of Turks and Kurds. I will be an impartial president,” İnce said in his address to CHP fellows in a crowded hall on May 4 after CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu announced him as the nominee of the main opposition party.
In a sign of his impartiality, he removed his CHP pin and wore another one with the Turkish flag on it.
“Everything will be much more beautiful. We will write history on June 24,” he said.
A veteran CHP lawmaker from Yalova, Muharrem İnce, 53, is a former physics teacher.