EFDbackup: Once a respected scholar, Davutoğlu now tries to prove his campaign ‘not overshadowed’ by Erdoğan… #TurkeyElections

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Once a respected scholar, Davutoğlu now tries to prove his campaign ‘not overshadowed’ by Erdoğan… #TurkeyElections

Turkey’s Election a Referendum on Erdogan

nytimes.com – Shreeya Sinha – Jun 4 – In 2013, a police crackdown using tear gas and water cannons on peaceful protesters challenging plans to replace Istanbul’s Gezi Park in Taksim Square with a replica Ottoman-era army barracks that would house a shopping mall, became a catalyst for…

Turkish PM says campaign ‘not overshadowed’ by Erdoğan

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoğlu has denied that his first election campaign as AKP leader and premier has been overshadowed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strong presence. “We lead our own campaign,” he said.

Turkish president’s feud with press is rooted in a deeper, personal unease

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall

Recep Tayyip Erdogan fears he may have misread electorate’s mood as polls show strong support for opposition parties

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-running feud with Turkey’s feisty opposition media has descended into open warfare ahead of Sunday’s general election, amid claims that his ruling neo-Islamist Justice and Development party (AKP) is plotting to fix the results and shrill threats to lock up journalists and editors en masse.

Erdoğan: NY Times! What’s The Odds Even If You’re A Newspaper?

Bianet :: English

The President Erdoğan targeted New York Times and said “They have their eyes on us. What’s the odds even if you’re a newspaper? Even you apply the hate speech?

Ahead of Election, Erdogan Cracks Down on Critics

NYT > Turkey by By CAROL GIACOMO

In his latest attack on the media, he accused a newspaper editor of espionage.

Turkish parties eye more than 1 million first-time voters

Political parties in the race to send deputies to parliament during the June 7 elections are eying the votes of the more than one million individuals who have just turned 18 years old

Turkey’s main opposition ‘competing against both President and PM’

“It’s unprecedented, I have two opponents in front of me – the president and the prime minister,” Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, told AFP, challenging Erdoğan to “take up again the leadership of the AKP and lead the campaign.”

In election’s home stretch, Turkish party leaders set for last rallies

As they enter the home stretch of the June 7 parliamentary election following a hectic campaigning period, leaders of Turkey’s political parties prepare to hold their last rallies before the election

Turkey’s Erdoğan slams all three opposition party leaders

The leaders of the three primary opposition parties currently represented in parliament received their daily dose of opprobrium from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 4 as the putatively impartial head of state conducted his latest pre-election “meeting with the people” in Sivas

HDP co-chair warns members on voting

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has warned his party’s members not to abandon ballot boxes until official results are announced

MHP is no walkover: Bahçeli

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) should not be underrated and has survived many challenges on the path to the June 7 general election with limited resources, MHP head Devlet Bahçeli said on June 4.

Turkey’s election: What do we need to know?

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