Campaigning in Yozgat, Erdogan lambastes Dogan Group, opposition CHP

Addressing a campaign rally in Yozgat yesterday ahead of local elections late next month, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed remarks by Dogan Group head Aydin Dogan to the Wall Street Journal accusing the government of trying to muzzle its critics. Erdogan also lambasted main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal. Later, in a campaign rally in Corum, Erdogan touted his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) record of fighting corruption, criminal gangs, embezzlers and the mafia.