news.am, Armenia
Oct 31 2009

Erdogan refuted rumors on early elections

17:53 / 10/31/2009Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan refuted
the rumors on early parliamentary elections, CNNturk reports.

Attending the opening ceremony of the Sabiha Gikcen airport new
building in Istanbul, Erdogan said that the rumors are untrue. â??The
parliamentary elections will be held in terms stipulated by the law,â??
Erdogan noted.

As NEWS.am reported previously, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and Leader of the Republican People’s Party (RPP) Deniz Baykal had a
small talk during the events on Turkeyâ?`s Republic Day. Turkish mass
media interpreted the dialogue as a basis for holding early elections.

Later, Erdogan stated that if there was a necessity to hold early
elections, he would himself inform the nation first, but not the
oppositional leader.