content tagged with election 2015

Highlights From Turkey's General Elections

Highlights From Turkey's General Elections

53,765,231 voters have gone to polls for voting for 25th term deputies of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in general elections. Voters and returning officers have been caught on camera.

Basic Problems of Giresun Province: Unemployment and Deteriorating Economy

EKİN KARACA IN GİRESUN

Basic Problems of Giresun Province: Unemployment and Deteriorating Economy

Giresun provincial deputy candidates of CHP and MHP agree that their parties’ votes are increasing because AKP is losing due to deteriorating economy.

5 June 2015 Ekin Karaca

The Latest Opinion Polls Announced by KONDA

The Latest Opinion Polls Announced by KONDA

Three days to the election, AKP takes 41%, CHP 27.8%, MHP 14.8% and HDP takes 12.6% of the votes according to KONDA. As a result, AKP has 261, CHP 145, MHP 76 and HDP has 68 deputies.

What Do People Think about the Election in Trabzon Province?

EKİN KARACA IN TRABZON

What Do People Think about the Election in Trabzon Province?

Some of Trabzon people support Erdoğan by seeing him as “the spiritual leader” of AKP, some lean to other parties now that AKP’s not like before.

4 June 2015 Ekin Karaca

Election Manifest of AKP from the Year 2011:

Election Manifest of AKP from the Year 2011:

Only 8 out of 36 promises have been carried out by AKP according to website Doğruluk Payı.

Operation launched in Şırnak: 43 Detentions

Operation launched in Şırnak: 43 Detentions

An operation’s been launched against members of YDG-H. 43 detained 37 wanted.

“Without Erdoğan, AKP Is Nothing in Rize”

EKİN KARACA IN RİZE

“Without Erdoğan, AKP Is Nothing in Rize”

Deputy candidates from AKP and CHP think great interest for AKP in rise results from “admiration for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.”

2 June 2015 Ekin Karaca

Mersin Province: AKP's Declining, HDP Should Pass the Threshold.

EKİN KARACA IN MERSİN

Mersin Province: AKP's Declining, HDP Should Pass the Threshold.

Voters from Mersin suppose CHP and MHP are on the rise while AKP is declining day by day. Voters think HDP should pass the election threshold.

1 June 2015 Ekin Karaca

PM Confirms MİT Trucks

PM Confirms MİT Trucks

PM Davutoğlu explained “Yes I honesty tell, those were the aids taken to Bayırbucak Turkmens.”

Syria Problem and Economic Downturn of Hatay; No Excitement for the Election

EKİN KARACA IN HATAY

Syria Problem and Economic Downturn of Hatay; No Excitement for the Election

Before the general election which will be held on June 7, we talked to people in Hatay province. Problems are great: Syria and economic downturn.

29 May 2015 Ekin Karaca

Artists Call the Government for a Safe Election

Artists Call the Government for a Safe Election

200 people, journalists, academicians, artists, poets and writers among them, called on the government: Provide a safe and peaceful election urgently without giving in the President’s unlawful and uneasy interventions.

Yüksekova People Don’t Welcome the President and PM Davutoğlu

Yüksekova People Don’t Welcome the President and PM Davutoğlu

District organizations of HDP and DBP won’t welcome the President Erdoğan and PM Davutoğlu in Hakkari/Yüksekova. None of the local shops will be open but bakeries and pharmacies.

Visually Handicapped Go to Polls with Companion

Visually Handicapped Go to Polls with Companion

Visually handicapped people will go to polls with companion in this election without election privacy and security. Non-governmental organizations agree that the government don’t do its part.

25 May 2015 Nilay Vardar

What Do People Think About the Elections in Diyarbakır?

BEYZA KURAL IN DIYARBAKIR

What Do People Think About the Elections in Diyarbakır?

Partisan people of HDP and AKP, women and youngsters shared their feelings and expectations from forthcoming election in the streets of Diyarbakır.

22 May 2015 Beyza Kural

What Do Candidates Think in Diyarbakır About the Elections?

BEYZA KURAL IN DİYARBAKIR

What Do Candidates Think in Diyarbakır About the Elections?

We talked to journalists and candidates from HDP, AKP and independent candidates from HÜDA-PAR; will there be an electoral realignment, how the President’s behavior and resolution process affect voters and how does election battle go?

21 May 2015 Beyza Kural

What Do People Think About the Elections in Mardin?

BEYZA KURAL IN MARDIN

What Do People Think About the Elections in Mardin?

Before the general election will be held on June 7, we were in Mardin province on our Southeastern Anatolia tour with a group of journalists.

20 May 2015 Beyza Kural

What Do People Think About the Elections in Urfa?

BEYZA KURAL IN URFA

What Do People Think About the Elections in Urfa?

Voters in Urfa told the way to the election. Some of them were glad with municipality of AKP, others thought CHP would rise. Few supposed that Arabs would play the key role.

19 May 2015 Beyza Kural

İHD Calls For Deputy Candidates for Ill Inmates

İHD Calls For Deputy Candidates for Ill Inmates

There are 721 ill inmates in Turkey’s prisons. 282 of them are seriously ill. İHD calls for deputy candidates, government and bureaucrats for ill inmates to be kept on their agendas.