Erdogan reiterates opposition to ethnic, regional nationalism

Speaking at a ceremony for a new housing project in Erzurum organized by the Turkish Housing Development Administration (TOKI), Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has a vision which includes all of Turkey's citizens. Stressing that the AKP will not shrink from serving Turkish society, he added, "Our party has never had any part in political tension, and never will." Reiterating that AKP has long embraced the slogan "one nation, one flag, one motherland and one state," he stated that the party is opposed to ethnic and regional nationalism, and that they maintain the same distance from all beliefs.