ISTANBUL
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Turkish dailies on Thursday covered Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s unveiling of the ruling AK Party’s manifesto for the June 7 election.
“Powerful Turkey with presidency,” was the STAR’s headline.
The newspaper said that human dignity, freedom, equal citizenship and development were the main themes of the 100-article election manifesto called the “New Turkey Convention”.
“Presidency is the future vision,” was HURRIYET’s title. The daily said that Davutoglu had unveiled a 350-page election manifesto.
According to HURRIYET, the manifesto does not include the ongoing solution process, which aims to end a decades-old conflict between Turkey and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK.
“My aim is 55 percent,” was VATAN’s headline, quoting Davutoglu in a reference to the AK Party’s electoral target for the June election, which would pave the way to amend the constitution.
The 2015 parliamentary elections are of key importance to the AK Party government as it seeks to work with the parliament to draft a new constitution.
VATAN quoted Davutoglu as saying: "My first goal is a civilian constitution."
The election manifesto of the ruling party includes the introduction of a presidential system, for which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pushing to replace the current parliamentary one.
VATAN said the manifesto’s four pages referred to the presidential system.
During his speech, Davutoglu said: “We think the presidential system as an administrative model where legislative and executive powers are independently active and where there are democratic balance-and-control mechanisms.”
"New Turkey Manifest" was AKSAM’s headline while “2023’s road map,” was YENI SAFAK’s, a reference to the ruling AK Party’s manifesto.
Turkish dailies also covered president Erdogan’s remarks after the European Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the 1915 events affecting Armenians as “genocide.”
HABER TURK quoted Erdogan as saying in Ankara before leaving for Kazakhstan: “Whichever decision the European Parliament takes regarding the 1915 events, it goes in one ear and out the other.”
“In one ear, out the other,” was MILLIYET’s title, quoting Erdogan.
The Armenian diaspora and government describe the 1915 events as "genocide" and have asked for compensation.
Turkey says that although Armenians died during relocations in 1915, many Turks also lost their lives in attacks carried out by Armenian groups in Anatolia.
Last year, Erdogan expressed his condolences for the Armenian deaths that occurred in 1915 – a first for a Turkish statesman.
