Erdogan warns new governors of forces seeking provocation

There are some trying to stir unrest in Turkey through stressing our differences, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday. He made the remarks to 14 governors newly appointed or transferred at the Prime Ministry, with Interior Minister Besir Atalay also in attendance. Stating that there have always people wanting to throw the nation into disorder, and there always will be, he added, "Leaders who cannot work for the people's future can no longer called successful or respectable administrators. In the past we, the Turkish people, have suffered great pain. Our government, stressing democracy, human rights, and the rule of the law, never want the people to experience such problems again." He added, "Units of the state and governors should be more sensitive, careful and aware." Afterwards, Erdogan went to Rize, his hometown, to attend a number of activities.