President Erdoğan: Politics is the art of winning over hearts and minds

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens during a campaign rally in the province of Denizli in the run-up to the local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019.

Emphasizing the crucial importance of the upcoming local elections on to path to Turkey’s goals for 2023, the centennial of the Republic, President Erdoğan described politics as the art of winning over hearts and minds and noted that in politics, the periods for elections serve as a means for the people to hold politicians to account.

“It is you that have so far set the direction for the AK Party and drawn its route,” underlined President Erdoğan, adding that all the achievements the country has scored over the past 17 years are the shared success of the AK Party and the citizens.

“THOSE WHO TRIED TO INTIMIDATE US BY MEANS OF SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES COULDN’T REACH THEIR GOALS”

“If Turkey now stands as a beacon of hope, peace, success and justice, this is a fruit of your efforts as much as ours,” stated President Erdoğan, further stressing that they, joining forces with the people, eliminated all the threats against the country and paved the way for the greatest achievements in Turkey’s entire history.

President Erdoğan said: “We overcame through the people-state solidarity countless attempts which would have paralyzed or would have economically, politically and socially destroyed many other states. Those who tried to intimidate us by means of specifically designed terrorist organizations and foreign exchange rates couldn’t reach their goals.”