Murat Karayalçın

Murat Karayalçın


31st Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 December 1994 – 27 March 1995
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Mümtaz Soysal
Succeeded by	Erdal Inönü
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 19 September 1993 – 27 March 1995
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Erdal İnönü
Succeeded by	Hikmet Çetin
Personal details
Born	1943 Samsun, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
Political party	Social Democratic Populist Party, Social Democratic People's Party
Alma mater	Ankara University University of East Anglia
Profession	politician

Murat Karayalçın (born 1943 in Samsun, Turkey) is a prominent Turkish politician. He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new Social Democratic People's Party.

Karayalçın was educated at Ankara University and at the University of East Anglia where he graduated with a master's degree in Development Economics in 1977. 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.