Maybe Mr Erdogan win this election but Turkey will stay seculer and democratic country also Erdogon and his government can not change Turkısh state system. General Staff Yasar Buyukanıt and other top generals are more democrat than Erdogan and his friends they didn't prevent Apdullah Gul's presidency but they hide their wifes headscarfs, our people don't want his and Erdogan's presidency for Republic of Turkey. Because They fighting with Turkey's soul Our people can give vote them for government but President is so different for Turkısh because Turkish President is represent our whole history and our all states in the past but Erdogan and Gul are not respectful to Republic of Turkey so our people against their presidency for Turkey.Also Mr Erdogan and Gul untalented men and they not successful and while theyre talking they use western lunguage but their opinions are cloudly or unclear also Islam Religion is a life field for Erdogan and his friends Erdogan use Islam for his aims but!

Metin YILMAZ, Trabzon, TURKEY

AKP seems to misunderstand that in 2002 election, people voted for AKP to punish all the useless parties and politicians, and it made them collapse. But now, everybody relised that there are greater dangers than economical problems, such as threats to the secular democratic system, and the ethnic division.
CHP (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's), and the Nationalist Movement Party seem to get the majority of the votes this time, and start to develope new foreign policies throughout the region.

Egemen Afacan, Istanbul, Turkey

Ms Yakin seems to believe what her masters AKP tell her. Yes they built some roads to make traffic problems worse all over. Yes national airline has more planes but arriving everywhere late, service is simply terrible.

Besides I am over in Turkey frequent enough to know what is going on. 25 million of the population is below poverty level. Education system has collapsed. Economy is about to collapse, in fact many synics do prefer AKP to win as economic time bomb is ticking away and will blow in the hands of the next government. Irrespective of who wins, AKP is responsible of the worst 4.5 years in Turkish history

Ali Akademir, Bishop's Stortford, UK

You are absolutely justified in your efforts to support current government because it helps you to turn Turkey into a dependent country on you by selling strategically important enterprises to you with comic prices and giving the highest interest rates in the world for your volatile money going around the world to take highest returns. Reformist? I am sure you are laughing at your own words. But be sure, in spite of your every effort, Turkish people are not stupid and they will not vote to please you, they will vote to "flush down" this arabesque government which aspires to turn Turkey into an Middle Eastern not Western country on contrary to your arguments.

Ozlem, Istanbul, Turkey

I see that Ali Akademir does not live in Turkey and he is not aware of the facts here.During 4.5 years,Turkey has achieved so many tasks that could not be done since the country is founded.

I just want to give a simple example:the double roads km's length are builded that is not accomplished before.The people can get in the planes have increased dramatically.The list can be extended.

The most discussed issue SECULARISM is a mask to hide the class conflict in Turkey.

Zehra Yakin, istanbul, Turkey

AKP government has placed every imaginable pressure and threats on all kinds of opposition during the past 4.5 years. They have used state machinery to promote islamist views, infiltrated religious thought into secular education system, supported Hamas and Al Quaide financiers in privatisation of State enterprizes.

Inflation remains at 10%, GDP has grown only in dollar terms due to waek dollar, unemplyment is at record high at 28%.

For these reasons even though they try and bribe the electorate with open presents funded by the state they shall loose next Sunday and Turkey will start a new road toward true secular democracy.

Ali Akademir, Bishop's Stortford, UK

AKP and Mr. Tayyip Erdogan is a threat to secular Turkish life and world peace.
I believe that they have secret agenda to achive their radical islamic state and
social life. For the last 4 and a half years,
religious training and background became
the first criteria for the assignment of the state officers.
Political muslim style headscarf is their symbol and used
for their political purposes.
I think their main purpose is to create a religion state in Turkey.

levent, izmir, turkey