Murat Karayalçın (born 26 October 1943)[2][3][4] is a prominent Turkish politician.

Of Hamsheni origin,[5] Karayalçın was educated at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences 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 SHP on 11 September 1993, succeeding Erdal İnönü and served as the deputy prime minister briefly in the 50th government of Turkey.

He was nominated by the CHP as candidate for mayor of Ankara in the 2009 local elections, in which he gained 31.50% of all votes.

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