The Central Election Commission of Turkey (High Election Board) accepted the application of 11 candidates to participate in the presidential elections.

APA reports that this is stated in the information of the institution.

It is reported that the Commission checked the documents and decided that those persons have legal grounds to participate in the May 14 presidential elections.

By March 27, each of the candidates must submit protocols with 100,000 voter signatures to the CEC.

Davut Turan, Doğu Perinçek, Erkan Trukten, Halil Murat Ünver, Hilmi Özden, Irfan Uzun, Muhammed Ali Fatih Erbakan, Muharrem İnce, Sinan Ogan, Tevfik Ahmet Özal and Yakup Turkal are among the confirmed candidates.