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"A strong Turkey is rising again from the ashes" - Turkey's Erdogan

2014-08-09 67 Dailymotion

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan appears on track to become Turkey's next president.

A poll by Turkish pollster A&G suggests Erdogan will win Sunday's election with 55.1 percent.

(SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYING:

"God willing a new Turkey is being established tomorrow. A strong Turkey is rising again from the ashes."

His rival, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, is predicted to gain only 33 percent.

A representative of a local news daily talks about the upcoming election.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ANKARA REPRESENTATIVE OF HURRIYET DAILY NEWS SERKAN DEMIRTAS SAYING:

"What we see is, like, Prime Minister Erdogan is leading the polls now and when you ask about the polarization, he doesn't seem that he's going to embrace 100 percent of the Turkish society if elected, because he is still using the same politics he is doing as prime minister and he is giving the signal that he will continue his political manner even if he is ele