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No surprise expected in Turkey's upcoming generalelections (2) |
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10:14, July 22, 2007 |
The stock exchange is breaking new records despite the tense election atmosphere. Foreign currency regularly loses values against New Turkish Lira.
Real interest rates are also on the decline. The market confidence means support for the AKP.
"Even businessmen who will not vote for the AKP want it to rule again. It is commonly accepted that the stability maintained by the AKP is irreplaceable," an editorial in local newspaper Today''s Zaman said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, main opposition Republican People''s Party (CHP), popular in the middle-class and intellectual segment is expected to emerge as a runner-up.
The right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a force among enthusiastic Turkish youths, is expected to garner enough votes to make its way back to the parliament after a an absence of five years.
"I am calling on everybody who loves his country, who protects Turkey''s integrity and republic, and who believes in (Mustafa Kemal) Ataturk to vote in favor of Republican People''s Party," CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal said on Saturday at a party election campaign rally in western city of Balikesir.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first president. He embarked on a major program of reforms in political, economic and cultural aspects of life in Turkey in order to establish a modern, democratic and secular nation-state based on Western principles of governance.
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