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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 10 2014
Presidential candidates conclude campaign
KONYA / ISTANBUL / Ä°ZMÄ°R
The three candidates in the Aug. 10 presidential elections in Turkey
rallied their supporters for the last time in their campaigns, giving
assertive messages and warnings about ballot box safety.
`Your stance, your prayers have been heard in Baghdad, Mosul and
Arbil. They all called `Amen,'' the ruling Justice and Development
Party's (AKP) presidential candidate Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
ErdoÄ?an told his supporters in the Central Anatolian province of Konya
on Aug. 9.
`I believe that you will make the ballot boxes explode. Never leave
the ballot boxes without receiving the minutes of the proceedings
showing the number of counted ballots. You will respond to any kind of
fraud with those minutes,' ErdoÄ?an said. `Maybe this is my last rally
as prime minister and AK Party chair. This is not a farewell. This can
only be a farewell to the old Turkey.'
`Fat cats threaten the safety of ballot boxes'
Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄ?lu, the joint nominee of the main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP), opted to give a speech to the members of the CHP's local branch
in Istanbul's Bakırköy district who were being trained to safeguard
ballot boxes from fraud attempts.
`The votes that are won at the ballot box are being lost on tables. We
shouldn't let Turkey lose its last chance. The votes of the quiet
masses will boom tomorrow and `ekmek' will come out of the ballot
box,' Ä°hsanoÄ?lu said. `Ekmek,' which means bread in Turkish, was
chosen by Ä°hsanoÄ?lu's campaign as a symbol that also sounds like his
first name.
`Those fat cats that threaten the safety of the ballot boxes, those
dark hands, have started to appear,' Ä°hsanoÄ?lu warned.
>From Diyarbakır to İzmir
The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) candidate Selahattin DemirtaÅ? was
in the western province of Ä°zmir for his last campaign rally on Aug.
9. He gave messages of unity in a city that is widely regarded as the
stronghold of secular Turks, particularly CHP voters.
`We will enjoy freedom in our common homeland without any perception
of separation and division. Nobody should be afraid, as it's easy for
us all to progress. An Ä°zmir resident shouldn't be afraid, because
Diyarbakır is with him. TekirdaÄ? shouldn't be afraid, because Hakkari
is with him,' DemirtaÅ? said, while also calling on Sunnis to `embrace'
Alevis and Armenians and accusing ErdoÄ?an of sowing discord between
them.
Arguing that the HDP has become `the new main opposition party of
Turkey,' DemirtaÅ? said he now dreamt a president who could represent
all provinces from the east to the west ` `the first one ever that
takes the side of the people.'
August/09/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/presidential-candidates-conclude-campaign.aspx?pageID=238&nid=70200&NewsCatID=338
Aug 10 2014
Presidential candidates conclude campaign
KONYA / ISTANBUL / Ä°ZMÄ°R
The three candidates in the Aug. 10 presidential elections in Turkey
rallied their supporters for the last time in their campaigns, giving
assertive messages and warnings about ballot box safety.
`Your stance, your prayers have been heard in Baghdad, Mosul and
Arbil. They all called `Amen,'' the ruling Justice and Development
Party's (AKP) presidential candidate Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
ErdoÄ?an told his supporters in the Central Anatolian province of Konya
on Aug. 9.
`I believe that you will make the ballot boxes explode. Never leave
the ballot boxes without receiving the minutes of the proceedings
showing the number of counted ballots. You will respond to any kind of
fraud with those minutes,' ErdoÄ?an said. `Maybe this is my last rally
as prime minister and AK Party chair. This is not a farewell. This can
only be a farewell to the old Turkey.'
`Fat cats threaten the safety of ballot boxes'
Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄ?lu, the joint nominee of the main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP), opted to give a speech to the members of the CHP's local branch
in Istanbul's Bakırköy district who were being trained to safeguard
ballot boxes from fraud attempts.
`The votes that are won at the ballot box are being lost on tables. We
shouldn't let Turkey lose its last chance. The votes of the quiet
masses will boom tomorrow and `ekmek' will come out of the ballot
box,' Ä°hsanoÄ?lu said. `Ekmek,' which means bread in Turkish, was
chosen by Ä°hsanoÄ?lu's campaign as a symbol that also sounds like his
first name.
`Those fat cats that threaten the safety of the ballot boxes, those
dark hands, have started to appear,' Ä°hsanoÄ?lu warned.
>From Diyarbakır to İzmir
The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) candidate Selahattin DemirtaÅ? was
in the western province of Ä°zmir for his last campaign rally on Aug.
9. He gave messages of unity in a city that is widely regarded as the
stronghold of secular Turks, particularly CHP voters.
`We will enjoy freedom in our common homeland without any perception
of separation and division. Nobody should be afraid, as it's easy for
us all to progress. An Ä°zmir resident shouldn't be afraid, because
Diyarbakır is with him. TekirdaÄ? shouldn't be afraid, because Hakkari
is with him,' DemirtaÅ? said, while also calling on Sunnis to `embrace'
Alevis and Armenians and accusing ErdoÄ?an of sowing discord between
them.
Arguing that the HDP has become `the new main opposition party of
Turkey,' DemirtaÅ? said he now dreamt a president who could represent
all provinces from the east to the west ` `the first one ever that
takes the side of the people.'
August/09/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/presidential-candidates-conclude-campaign.aspx?pageID=238&nid=70200&NewsCatID=338