Election Diary – May 9, 2018

CHP’s presidential candidate İnce has visited HDP’s candidate Demirtaş in prison. FP's Karamollaoğlu has said that Demirtaş should be released.

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Turkey’s 13th President will be elected on June 24, 2018. If absolute majority is not constituted, then the second tour will be held on July 8, 2018.

İnce will organize a meeting in Edirne and visit Demirtaş

Presidential candidate of the main opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP) Muharrem İnce has visited Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) candidate Selahattin Demirtaş, who is imprisoned in Edirne Prison.

İnce will also organize a meeting in Edirne.

Abdullatif Şener, who was among the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was mentioned among the figures for presidential candidate, announced on his Twitter account that he will attend the meeting with Yılmaz Büyükerşen and İlhan Kesici.

It was reported that İnce, who will go to Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari after Edirne meeting, will organize a meeting in his and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hometown Rize.

Karamollaoğlu: Demirtaş should be released

12:20 a.m. - Felicity Party's presidential candidate Temel Karamollaoğlu said that Demirtaş should be released from prison.

According to a report by Nergis Demirtkaya from Gazete Duvar, Karamollaoğlu said, "If there is no legal obstacle before Demirtaş's candidacy, then his imprisonment should end for him to be able to express his opinions to public".

"I wish Demirtaş be released as soon as possible".

Cumhurbaşkanlığı: TAMAM diyenler bot hesap
13.30 - Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sözcüsü İbrahim Kalın, Cumhurbaşkanı Tayyip Erdoğan'ın "Milletim 'Tamam' derse çekilirim" açıklamasının ardından Twitter'da başlayan "T A M A M" kampanyasıyla ilgili olarak "Tamam diyenler bot hesap, millet devam diyecek" dedi.

Presidency: Those who say Enough are bot accounts

1:30 p.m. - Concerning "T A M A M" (Enough) campaign launched on Twitter in the wake of Erdoğan saying, "In case my nation say 'Enough', I'll step aside", Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said, "Those who say enough are bot account, the nation will say 'continue'". (EKN/TK)

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