Breaking news! Presidential candidate of the People’s Alliance, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, answers questions about the agenda and makes statements in the joint broadcast of ATV-A Haber, two days before the Presidential second round election to be held on 28 May.
Highlights from President Erdogan’s statements are as follows:
“Whether it’s the squares or the meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center, it shows that there is no complacency. I see that the base is very determined for the second round. 150 thousand people in Esenler say ‘We are ready’. We will hold the open-air meeting in Beykoz tomorrow. I believe there will be the same enthusiasm. On the one hand, there is the president they have known for 21 years. On the other side, Kılıçdaroğlu has no reference.
MUHARREM İNCE’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CANDIDACY
I called Mr. İnce after he withdrew from his candidacy. I also expressed regret that he withdrew from the candidacy. When I heard of İnce’s discomfort, I called him and conveyed my best wishes. We said, ‘Let’s do the best we can. He said, ‘I just got out of the hospital, I’m resting’.
“THEY TURNED POLITICS INTO A HORSE BARGAIN”
They turned politics into horse bargains. Regardless of the number of votes, everyone took a deputy from the CHP. Parties that did not have 1 percent of the total votes obtained 40 deputies from the CHP. At the ballot box, my people will answer whatever they need. How will Kılıçdaroğlu get out of the business with this company that is different from each other? It’s impossible. A member of PKK affiliate YSP talked about the reconciliation with Kılıçdaroğlu. Their intention is to get the terrorist leader and Demirtaş out of jail.
What does Kılıçdaroğlu say? ‘Give me your vote to remove Demirtaş,’ he says. Where is the right, law, justice? ‘What did you agree with them?’ they ask. Why is the CHP leader not responding? They lie very easily. Mr. Mr. Kemal is the master of lies.
We keep the PKK and our Kurdish brothers separate. They are on one side, my Kurdish brothers on the other. We put an end to the oppression that the CHP mentality inflicted on our Kurdish brothers. We were the ones who solved the problems they faced due to their language and identity. From now on, we will continue with our Kurdish brothers. This hall, which we are under the roof of, has witnessed many things during the resolution process. What have we done, what have we tried to solve.
REACTION TO BABACAN AND DAVUTOĞLU
We gave these people the prime ministership, if not the prime ministership. Ministry is ministry. But humans are not satisfied. He gave a farewell speech at the departure of the person to whom we gave the duty of prime minister. He said, ‘We are not together until the market, but until the grave’. While the other was bringing his resignation to me, he mentioned that the friends next to me were incompetent. He couldn’t answer me when I asked him, ‘How good are the people next to you?’ I knew their weight.”
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