June 2015 Justice and Development Party election campaign

''As the People's Alliance, we will write the epic of May 14 together with those who have joined us and the friends who will join us," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 11 via videoconference at the AKP Provincial Heads Meeting.

The ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) sole focus during the election campaign will be on efforts to heal the wounds of the earthquake victims and build new houses for them, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 6.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 1 there are no legal obstacles on the way for his presidential candidacy, strongly rejecting the opposition bloc's recent statement that he cannot run for elections in May. 

The six-party Nation Alliance has challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's eligibility to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections on the grounds that the Turkish constitution stipulates that a person can run for the highest seat of the Turkish state only twice.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signaled that Türkiye will go to the simultaneous presidential and parliamentary polls on May 14, 35 days earlier than the slated day, vowing that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will claim another victory against the six-party oppositional alliance.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signaled that the government might consider holding parliamentary and presidential elections earlier than the scheduled date of June 18.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged another 5 percent increase to the salaries of civil servants and pensioners, making the total rise in wages 30 percent for the first six months of 2023.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has openly challenged the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to announce his candidacy and run against him in the next presidential elections although the opposition alliance has not yet decided who will be their joint presidential nominee.

Türkiye aims to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, noting that the group's next meeting in India will be a venue to further discuss this issue.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has reiterated that the elections will be held on time, next year in June, despite calls from the opposition as the party senior officials, including President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan convened for the first time to discuss the election strategy.