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Presidential hopeful Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has belittled the portrayal of his main competitor Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu as an impartial statesman, saying the Turkish people will not be electing “an ornamental president” when they go to the ballot boxes next month.

The Turkish defense minister has said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could win the upcoming August presidential elections with 90 percent of the votes through “good work” during the campaign.

Contrary to what is generally believed Turkey does not have an administration problem. Totalitarian, often bordering dictatorship, most of the time officiously intervening in the private sphere, but there has always been a strong government in Ankara over the past decade or so. Yet, there is impotence.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to remain active if he is elected president.

"I'm not leaving you. I'm not pausing to serve. I'm not going to rest. In contrary, I'm nominated to a higher post to serve you, my country and my nation, better," Erdoğan said during his first presidential campaign rally in the Black Sea city of Samsun on July 5. 

Presidential candidate İhsanoğlu takes a dig at PM Erdoğan, saying Turkey must continue with the parliamentary system to avoid problems Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the two main opposition parties, has said the current parliamentary system fits Turkey better than any presidential system would.

Anadolu Agency has faced 24 cyber-attacks so far this year, mostly from the U.S., Canada and China, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said on July 4.

In reply to a written parliamentary question by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy Özcan Yeniçeri, the agency has taken measures in order to advance Internet security infrastructure since January 2014, Arınç said.

President Abdullah Gül has wished success to Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the joint opposition presidential candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), for the upcoming presidential elections, during a meeting between the two.

On a day when five political parties have displayed yet another symbolic show of solidarity for Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu’s presidential candidacy, infighting within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) continues.

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), met with Turkish President Abdullah Gül July 3 as part of his campaign bid, telling reporters that it was a positive meeting.

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the two main opposition parties led by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), made a move yesterday to break the ice with the Alevi community, many of whom are not pleased that “their party” – the CHP – is supporting an “Islamist” candidate.