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| HDP co-chair suggests AKP should use 'May God forgive me' as election slogan |
| 2015-09-25 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] It would be better for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to use the slogan "Tövbe Estagfurullah" ("May God forgive me") rather than "Bismillah" ("In the name of God") for its upcoming electoral campaign, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtas said on Sept. 24. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's Supreme Election Board (YSK) ruled to ban the AKP's planned campaign jingle for the Nov. 1 snap election, on the grounds that "Bismillah" is a religious term and thus legally cannot be used for electioneering. Speaking to news hounds, Demirtas touched on the recent resignation of HDP ministers from the interim government, saying it was a "joint decision" and the text of their announcement was drafted together. "Our party joined the government to show that we are not part of a situation lacking solutions. But the AKP did not endorse anyone else," he stated. Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind... responding to claims that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) forced locals in some southeastern provinces to vote for the HDP, Demirtas called on citizens to inform the party if anyone is forced to vote for it out of fear. "Nobody should vote for us out of fear. Nobody should insult the voter. If anyone says they voted in fear, they should tell us so that we can do whatever is necessary," he said. The HDP co-chair also said the constitutionally impartial President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... should continue his controversial "election campaigning," just as he did before the June 7 election. "Last time, we defeated both you and the AKP," Demirtas said. |
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