Turkish diplomat held captive by ISIS announces nomination for CHP
by Daily Sabah
ISTANBULSep 03, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
Sep 03, 2015 12:00 am
Turkish diplomat Öztürk Yılmaz spent 101 days in captivity after ISIS terrorists raided Turkey's Mosul Consulate, taking him and 49 others at the embassy as prisoner in June 2014. One year later, Yılmaz announced his plan to run as a Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate in the Nov. 1 snap elections.
Ambassador Yılmaz resigned from Turkey's Dushanbe Embassy in Tajikistan and officially announced his nomination on Aug. 31.
Yılmaz will seek election in his hometown of Ardahan, a northeastern province where the CHP failed to bring any deputies to Parliament in the June 7 general elections. The party had previously sent one deputy from Ardahan during three consecutive elections in 2002, 2007 and 2011.
The incident drew Turkey into a direct confrontation with ISIS, as the terrorist organization quickly swarmed and overran parts of Iraq and Syria. All Turkish citizens returned safely thanks to the efforts of Turkish intelligence and security forces, and a swap of prisoners.
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