Turkish Political Parties Release Election Manifestos

On Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented the Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s election manifesto in which he outlined the government’s economic vision for Turkey’s future. He also criticized the opposition party, Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s economic policy and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP)’s incitement of violence against police officers in the southeast during protests over the ban of Kurdish candidates.  The CHP also released its election manifesto, which party chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu stated “will bring democracy and freedom to our country.”  He stated that if the CHP comes to power, it’s first move would be to change the constitution to take “into consideration the views of all segments of the society.”  He also announced planned economic reforms.