Friday, May 15, 2015

#TurkeyElections In one week, 44 hours of live Erdoğan speeches in Turkish TVs, but NOT ENOUGH. He is defiant over right to speak

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The report is prepared by a member of Turkey’s top television and radio watchdog.
Despite rising criticism from opposition parties and a fresh reaction from two members of Turkey’s top election body, President Erdoğan insists that he will not halt public rallies ahead of the June 7 polls, in which he indirectly campaigns for his former AKP and a shift to the presidential system.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is engaging in “political propaganda” by targeting certain parties, two members of Turkey’s top election body have concluded
While general elections are coming closer we were in Aydın province to observe people’s reactions to the elections.
With only three weeks left to crucial parliamentary elections, the flames of Turkish politics have been fanned once again by claims that a high-level female official of an opposition party was blackmailed with an inappropriate video recording.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again vowed to transform Turkey’s entire political system, saying the adoption of the presidential system will constitute a profound reform to this end and repeating his call for “400 lawmakers” to amend the constitution
Turkey’s unemployment rate hit 11.2 percent in the February period, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on May 15
As Turkish national anthem is sung by 4,000 people before Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli takes the podium on May 14, young men and women raise their right arms to make the “grey wolf” hand gesture – a mythological symbol of Turkish nationalism.
People cannot be peaceful without justice, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, claiming that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fails to live up to its name

Vía Erkan’s Field Diary http://ift.tt/1IFnzox


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