Erdoğan ads ‘cover all of Turkey’
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has requested to rent all of the available billboards in Turkey for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄanâs soon-to-be-concluded presidential campaign, a representative of the main opposition claimed.
âLike previous elections, the AKP has sent a request to the High Election Board (YSK), asking to rent all of the remaining billboards,â Mehmet Hadimi YakupoÄlu, the Republican Peopleâs Party (CHP) representative at the YSK, told daily Hürriyet on Aug. 5.
âAs the CHP, we have a very small budget, so we rented a very limited number of billboards. Mr. ErdoÄan covers all of the billboards in Turkey,â YakupoÄlu added, complaining that it is not legally possible to sue the practice on the grounds of inequality.
The presidential elections are scheduled for Aug. 10. The YSK can investigate the candidatesâ bank accounts for the donations they have received. In the case of an illegal donation, the board has the authority to press charges on people responsible.
Opposition partiesâ presidential candidates claim ErdoÄan has an unfair competitive advantage in the race. ErdoÄan also neglected returning the oppositionâs calls for a live TV debate with every candidate.
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