After the opinion polls, the AK Party mayoral candidates, eagerly awaited by the general public, have been introduced right this moment. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced the candidates on the Haliç Congress Center.
Highlights from President Erdoğan’s speech:
I greet you all with my sincerest emotions. I thank every one in all you for attending our candidate announcement assembly. For your love, to your ardour, I categorical my gratitude to every one in all you. At the outset of my phrases, I bear in mind with mercy our Balıkesir Provincial Youth Branch President Hüseyin Uysal, who handed away in current days.
With the assumption “If we die, we are martyrs; if we live, we are veterans,” I commemorate with mercy our pricey martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the survival of our homeland, and I lengthen my condolences to their remaining family members.
I bear in mind with mercy every of the greater than 50,000 residents we misplaced within the earthquakes on February 6.
I pray to Allah for mercy for the 23,000 Palestinian brothers and sisters, most of them ladies and kids, who have been martyred because of Israel’s heinous assaults. We will take all crucial authorized steps to carry the oppressors accountable.
Despite the discomfort of these amongst us who sympathize with Israel, we are going to by no means flip our backs on the oppressed simply because somebody desires us to. Contrary to those that query why we have now a presence in Syria, Jerusalem, or Iraq, we are going to stand tall beside our Palestinian brothers and sisters. I sincerely thank the 250,000 brothers and sisters who stood tall on the Galata Bridge in the beginning of the brand new 12 months.
Today, we’re right here to introduce the 11 metropolitan and 15 municipal mayoral candidates who will symbolize our occasion within the elections on March 31, 2024. I want our candidates success upfront.
We chosen every of our candidates by complete consultations. Our expertise in municipal governance isn’t new; we have now gathered data and experience over 30 years. Since 1994, we have now applied a brand new philosophy of municipal governance in our nation. Despite all obstacles from the forces of tutelage, we have now virtually written an epic in municipal governance. We have develop into a reference level in native administrations. Just as we turned the unlucky histories of our cities the other way up, we took motion to deal with the democracy deficit in our nation.
Just as we cleaned Istanbul from rubbish, mud, and potholes, we launched into this cleanliness journey in all our cities. Today, we’re right here to introduce the 11 metropolitan and 15 municipal mayoral candidates who will symbolize our occasion within the elections on March 31, 2024. I want our candidates success upfront.
We chosen every of our candidates by complete consultations. Our expertise in municipal governance isn’t new; we have now gathered data and experience over 30 years. Since 1994, we have now applied a brand new philosophy of municipal governance in our nation. Despite all obstacles from the forces of tutelage, we have now virtually written an epic in municipal governance. We have develop into a reference level in native administrations. Just as we turned the unlucky histories of our cities the other way up, we took motion to deal with the democracy deficit in our nation.
Just as we cleaned Istanbul from rubbish, mud, and potholes, we launched into this cleanliness journey in all our cities. Today, we’re right here to introduce the 11 metropolitan and 15 municipal mayoral candidates who will symbolize our occasion within the elections on March 31, 2024. I want our candidates success upfront.
We chosen every of our candidates by complete consultations. Our expertise in municipal governance isn’t new; we have now gathered data and experience over 30 years. Since 1994, we have now applied a brand new philosophy of municipal governance in our nation. Despite all obstacles from the forces of tutelage, we have now virtually written an epic in municipal governance. We have develop into a reference level in native administrations. Just as we turned the unlucky histories of our cities the other way up, we took motion to deal with the democracy deficit in our nation.
Just as we cleaned Istanbul from rubbish, mud, and potholes, we launched into this cleanliness journey in all our cities. Our occasion got here to energy simply 15 months after its institution within the November 3, 2002 elections, due to the belief of our folks. We have maintained our uninterrupted rule for over 21 years. On May 28, we obtained one other 5 years of mandate from our folks. On March 31, we are going to current ourselves to the folks with candidates who will really fulfill the duties of municipal governance.
NOT OBLIGATED, LET YOUR CITY CHANGE WITH YOU
We pay the value for the poorly managed municipalities in opposition events in order that our folks should not have to pay for it. Therefore, when figuring out our candidates, we paid consideration to deciding on people who will probably be with their cities always. We even have a name to our residents in provinces and districts. Until March 31, we are saying, “No stopping, let’s continue on the path.” Due to the ideological impositions of the opposition, we are saying to the residents who’ve been disadvantaged of the providers they deserve, “You are not obligated, let your city change with you.”
We current ourselves to the folks with mayoral candidates who run after options, not excuses, and who will reside and breathe with the agenda of their cities, not their particular person objectives. On Monday, January 15, we are going to maintain a grand ceremony to organize our election manifesto. Here, by beginning the election, we will probably be within the subject day and evening.
As the AK Party and the People’s Alliance, we consider that we’ll add the biggest hyperlink to the chain of election victories on March 31. We will open the doorways to a brand new period in municipal governance.
There are only a few nations on the planet the place native democracy operates straight with the need of the folks. We already categorical our gratitude to our residents who will decide the mayors of their cities, neighborhoods, and villages. Regardless of the folks’s selection, it has a particular place above our heads. It isn’t proper to insult the folks due to the colour of their vote. We are solely answerable for advising our residents to make use of their votes in favor of efficiency and repair politics. I want the elections and the elected candidates properly upfront.
We have encountered and fought in opposition to these items at each stage of our political life. This nation has no downside with both the republic or its founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Turkey is a rustic that won’t fall into this entice.
In the March 31 elections, we will even liberate Özgür. We need him to liberate himself from his chains. The trajectory of this individual doesn’t look good proper now. Without even saying “Bismillah,” he’s making an attempt to tunnel from the parliament to the jail to rescue a terrorist who has obtained 18 years in jail for trying to overthrow the constitutional order. Politics isn’t the fitting of each individual, however the fitting of righteous folks.
“ISTANBUL WILL ACHIEVE ITS GOAL”
By becoming a member of arms, we are going to carry Istanbul out of the period of discord. We have a number of work to do, many works so as to add to our nation, and lots of providers to offer to our folks. We will carry out every service for our folks with the consciousness of worship. Istanbul will obtain its objective. We consider that there isn’t a extra 5 years for Istanbul to lose.
MAYORAL CANDIDATES:
Artvin: Mehmet Kocatepe
Aydın: Mustafa Savaş
Balıkesir: Yücel Yılmaz
Bingöl: Erdal Arıkan
Bitlis: Nesrullah Tanğlay
Bursa: Alinur Aktaş
Source: www.anews.com.tr