Mr Muharrem Ince drew a massive crowd to an Istanbul rally on Saturday June 23, one day before the election.
Even
Istanbul Police estimated that over 5 million attended this rally,
despite undemocratic obstructional measures taken by the Erdogan
Governmenmt, including, halting ferry boats, which were bringing Ince
supporters to the rally, censoring publications which wanted to report
the event.
People who clicked on web pages which reported on Ince speeches and events found the following appearing on their screen. .
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Mr Ince, a former teacher and the presidential candidate of the main
opposition party, the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP), has
proved highly effective on the campaign trail, drawing huge crowds,
especially in the big cities.
Mr Muharrem Ince repeated an accusation made by other opposition politicians of
political bias by Turkey's state media, which has given Mr Erdogan and
the AK Party heavy coverage, while often completely neglecting to broadcast
opposition rallies.
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| Massive turnout for Ince in Istanbul on Saturday June 23 |
"There
are 5 million people in Maltepe right no,. but none of the TV channels
can show it," Ince said in Istanbul this Saturday, June 23.
It
is also remarkable and strange, that very few US and EU media outlets
have provided hardly any coverage to the rallies of Muharrem Ince.
Instead
the international Press provides a lot of coverage to "President"
Erdogan, who has locked up more journalists than the Peoples Republic of
China.
Extra
security forces and more than half a million ballot monitors and
volunteers will be deployed across Turkey during Sundays election.
Unfortunately
large numbers of these security forces, monitors and volunteers, have
been placed there by the Erdogan government, which, just like during the
last referendum vote, makes fraud a major threat again during this
Presidential election..
The winner of Sunday's June 24 presidential contest will
acquire sweeping new executive powers under a constitutional overhaul
backed by Mr Erdogan and endorsed last year by a narrow majority of
Turks in a referendum.
