The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, found an opportunity to boost the morale of the earthquake sufferers and his voters again today, during his speeches on the anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915 .
"Just as we achieved the impossible 108 years ago hand in hand, we can once again overcome the disaster of the century with solidarity and brotherhood. The unity and solidarity shown by our nation since the first moments of the earthquake instills in us the hope and confidence we need,'' he said.
«I hope our cities get back on their feet as soon as possible. , working day and night before that spirit of enlistment, which is our greatest strength, breaks down. We will not leave any of our people, any of our citizens who have placed their hopes in us, helpless,», he added.
Stressing that the Dardanelles showed everyone that there is no obstacle or disaster that a united nation cannot overcome, Tayyip Erdogan said: "Turkey has the ability to face difficulties, turn crises into opportunities and rise from ashes with her state and nation. It is enough not to listen to those who seek chaos and anarchy. As long as we do not harm our unity, solidarity and brotherhood. It is enough not to give a chance to those who constantly project pessimism. I wish my Lord to protect our country from all kinds of accidents, problems and disasters».
In a year the cities will be rebuilt
«In in a year, our cities will be back on their feet and our earthquake victims will be back in their homes,” he said in his second speech inaugurating a bridge in the Dardanelles named “Canakkale 1915”.
"This road that stretches from Havsa to Çanakkale will provide great convenience to visitors by reducing its transportation from 45 minutes to 25 minutes," he said, presenting in the run-up to elections another major project he handed over to his people.
Thanks Imamoglu to Meral Aksener
The mayor of Kon/lis, Ekrem Imamoglu said in his speech:
"Of course we will win the elections, of course we will be the hope of the youth, of course we will plan the future together. I would like to express my gratitude to Meral Aksener, the president of the Good Party IYI, for the mission she assigned to me and the mayor of Ankara.
Babacan: "The Era of Erdogan is it already over?
Development and Progress Party (DEVA) President Ali Babacan made statements about the elections saying:
"A true rule of law must be established. Ali came, Veli left, Ahmed came, Mehmet left. This can not be done. We will lay the foundations well so that we can build a solid rule of law and a solid economy. The era of Erdogan is over. You must understand this. A brand new era must begin in Turkey. This is the era of real democracy.
Mr. Erdogan is in a panic, he did not expect that we could reach this point. They thought, ‘they can't agree, they will fight with each other on the issue of presidential candidacy’».
Demirtas appealed to Erdogan: «Give up politics for a while!» ;
Imprisoned Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas appealed to Erdogan on his social media account:
«Give up politics while it's time, let country to breathe»?, posting a photo of Erdogan at the same time.
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