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UMengameli waseTurkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan ngoLwesihlanu uvimbe umculo ezitobhini zakhe zokukhankasa futhi wafunga ukuthi uzopholisa amanxeba esizwe esihlaselwe ukuzamazama komhlaba njengoba ehlela ngokusemthethweni ukhetho oluzayo oluzoba ngoMeyi 14.
U-Erdogan usayine isimemezelo kumabonakude kazwelonke esiqala ngokusemthethweni ukukhankasela lokho okubonakala kabanzi njengevoti eliwumphumela waseTurkey emlandweni wayo wangemva kwe-Ottoman.
Kuphinde kuguqukele ekubeni wumthetho onzima kakhulu weminyaka eyishumi nambili yomholi oneminyaka engu-69 ubudala.
Abavoti bazonikezwa ukukhetha okuqinile phakathi kokugcina iqembu lika-Erdogan elinezimpande zamaSulumane liphethe kuze kube ngu-2028 noma ukubuyisela izintambo eqenjini eliyinhloko lezwe lomsunguli waseTurkey u-Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
U-Erdogan uthe uzogijima ngaphansi kwesiqubulo esithi: “Manje eTurkey”.
Kodwa wabeka ithoni epholile ngenkathi yomkhankaso ngokuvimba umculo futhi eyala abazongenela ukhetho eqenjini lakhe ukuthi bafake isandla enkonzweni yezimo eziphuthumayo ephethe umsebenzi wokuvuselela ukuzamazama komhlaba.
“I-ajenda yethu ngesikhathi sokhetho (umkhankaso) izogxila emizamweni yokupholisa amanxeba ezisulu zokuzamazama komhlaba nokunxephezela ukulimala komnotho nezenhlalo,” usho kanje.
Ukulahlekelwa kumavoti?
U-Erdogan ungumkhankasi ongakhathali futhi uyisikhulumi somphakathi esinesiphiwo esibonakala siphila esiteji.
Kodwa kuzofanele ajube ukuze anqobe okhethweni abanye ababambisene nabo ababephakamise ukuthi kumele aluhlehlise ngonyaka.
ITurkey ibibhekene nenkinga yezomnotho embi kakhulu ngesikhathi u-Erdogan ephethe ngesikhathi ihlaselwa ukuzamazama komhlaba okunesilinganiso esingu-7.8 magnitude kwashona amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu kwashiya izigidi zingenamakhaya ngenyanga edlule.
IZizwe Ezihlangene zilinganisela izindleko zomonakalo zizodwa ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyikhulu.
Abaphikisi bakhe bezepolitiki bakhe uhlobo lomfelandawonye obanzi u-Erdogan ngokwakhe athembele kuwo ukuthi awine ukhetho olungaphezu kweshumi nambili emsebenzini wakhe.
Amaqembu ayisithupha ebumbene ngemuva komholi ophikisayo wezwe u-Kemal Kilicdaroglu ahlanganisa abashisekeli bobuzwe abaqinile kanye neqembu lamaSulumane kanye namazwi aphakathi nendawo afuna ukubuyisela iTurkey endleleni ebonakala ingenzeka.
Ukuvota kwemibono yomphakathi kudume ngokungathembeki eTurkey kanti okunye kukhombisa ukuthi u-Erdogan usabambelele ekuholeni.
Kodwa abanye bayamkhombisa elandela isitha sakhe esingenabukhazikhazi ngamaphuzu angaphezu kwamaphesenti ayi-10.
Abahlaziyi manje sebebheke umnyakazo weqembu elisekela amaKurd elakhishwa ngaphandle kumfelandawonye omelene no-Erdogan ngenxa yemibono yabanye abaholi abaphikisayo yobuzwe.
Iqembu kulindeleke ukuthi libe nezingxoxo noKilicdaroglu ezinsukwini ezizayo.
U-Erdogan wajabulela ukwesekwa okuthile kwabavoti baseKurdish ezigabeni zokuqala zomsebenzi wakhe.
Kepha iqembu lisize umfelandawonye ophikisana no-Erdogan ukuthi ungene emandleni okhethweni oluyingqophamlando lwango-2019 olwabona iqembu eliphikisayo lithatha amandla e-Istanbul nase-Ankara okokuqala kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990.
