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On Wednesday, April 15, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu presented his party?s election manifesto to the public. The following was compiled with sentences from Davuto?lu?s speech and various news stories.

Those in quotations belong to Davuto?lu; those in parenthesis are taken from current news stories from papers or news tickers that were ?passing? on the TV screen while he was speaking.

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?In 14 years, the AK Party [Justice and Development Party] staff has proved at every stage that they were the righteous movement.?

(Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has canceled a decision to reward deputies ? who will not run for office in upcoming elections ? with wrist watches in a scheduled meeting. It was said the cancellation was due to concerns that debates would be rekindled about the 700,000-Turkish Lira watch former Economy Minister Zafer Ça?layan had received from businessman R?za Sarraf.)

 ?In the focus of our manifestation is human dignity. We are determined to make the necessary moves for each of our citizens to lead a life compatible with human dignity during this era of development.?

(In the Soma mine disaster court hearing, which caused the death of 301 mine workers, defendants were protected by a wall of police officers. Family members of the victims fainted.)

?It is not possible for a person whose freedom is not guaranteed to protect his/her honor. It is not possible for a person whose security is under threat to maintain his/her own freedom zone.?

(It is now considered worthy of investigation when Aegean University students plant trees, dance the ?halay,? make a statement to the press and especially make demonstrations with...

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