Ankara poll on Erdoğan’s desk

The results give an answer to which mayoral candidate in Ankara win what percentage of votes. The interesting thing is that the AKP asked for this poll to be made, not its rival parties or candidates. For this reason, the AKP is "anxious."

According to the poll’s results, the AKP mayoral candidate Melih Gökçek is around 43 percent. His closest rival is the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, candidate Murat Karayalçın, who has 36 percent of votes. The "successful" mayor of Beypazarı and the National Movement Party, or MHP, candidate, Mansur Yavaş, stands at around 13 percent.

In order to make healthy evaluations on figures, it is better to look at the 2004 election results. Gökçek of the AKP was elected mayor by 55 percent of the votes in Ankara. Yılmaz Ateş of the CHP received 12 percent, Karayalçın of the Socialist People’s Party, or SHP, won 20 percent. The total of CHP-SHP votes reached about to 32 percent. Hamit Homriş of the MHP remained around 10 percent.

The last opinion poll by the AKP and the figures of 2004 reveal quite interesting data. Gökçek lost eight points since then and has regressed to 43 percent.

That, the AKP and Erdoğan must have been concerned about this picture. The AKP administrators make all calculations in the light of the arithmetic facts of the survey. At the beginning of March, there will be another opinion poll. If Gökçek continues to lose his potential votes, then Erdoğan covering up Topbaş in Istanbul will have a lot to work on in Ankara.

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Türk kept his promise to his mother

The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, leader Ahmet Türk, on International Mother Language Day, on Feb. 21, delivered his speech in Kurdish at the parliamentary group meeting. There was a humanitarian side of Türk’s speech beside its "political" dimension. Years ago, Türk’s mother visited her son at the prison. Because he was not allowed to speak Kurdish and she didn’t speak Turkish, Türk made a promise on that day."I was sentenced. Our families were visiting us. Since they didn’t speak any other language, they wanted to speak Kurdish. But they already knew that we would be beaten if we speak Kurdish, so they remained silent. Despite that, we were saying ’Mother, how are you doing?’ in Kurdish because we wanted them to return home without being hurt. Then we were being beaten-up. I promised myself then that ’one day I will speak Kurdish in an official meetingÉ’" Türk,kept his promise to his mother and promised to speak "Turkish" in parliament.

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Moustache rouble

Deputy Prime Minister Hayati Yazıcı is in trouble with his appearance. Because his dark skin and moustache make others to think that Yazıcı is of Kurdish descent. But he is from the Black Sea, a fellow of Erdoğan. Yazıcı was born in the Çayeli County, Rize. Recently, in a meeting the speaker announced Yazıcı as, "A laz minister resembling a Kurd." He laughed so hard when I reminded him of this in an interview I made with him this week. "They are always mistaking," Yazıcı said.