PM Erdoğan to announce ‘vision statement’ for presidency
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan will announce his âvision statementâ for the upcoming presidential elections with a ceremony in Istanbul today, with the participation of some nongovernmental organizations, academics, minority representatives and artists.
ErdoÄan, who is running for presidency against Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄlu and Selahattin DemirtaÅ, will announce the statement that outlines his program and vision for leadership if he is to win the elections.
Preparing for the first-ever presidential elections that will be held by popular vote in the country, ErdoÄan is expected to outline his â2023 targets,â a date ErdoÄan refers to, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic.
According to pro-government daily Yeni Åafak, the statement includes a wide variety of issues, such as writing a new Constitution, the Kurdish peace process, Alevisâ problems and accession to the European Union.
ErdoÄan has invited religious leaders, such as Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva, acting head of the Armenian Patriarchate Aram AteÅyan, Greek Patriarch Bartholomew and Turkish Syriac Catholic Deputy Patriarch Chorepiscopus Yusuf SaÄ to the event to be held in Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul.
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