I generally vote for the underdogs, the outsiders, the fringes. The parties that can never manage to win any seats in the parliament...
However, in the next elections, I'll probably vote for CHP for the first time in my life.
Following the latest scandal that resulted with the resignation of Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition party CHP, I was cautious about all of the prospective candidates. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was one of them.
At first, I thought that Kilicdaroglu lacked the leadership skills which were necessary to be a prime minister. It seems that I was wrong. After watching his first speeches as the only official candidate now, I'm convinced that Kilicdaroglu may actually mean real change in the way that Bülent Ecevit of 70s' Turkey and Barack Obama of 2000s' America had once promised.
I am a Sunni Turk, but I can comfortably vote for Kilicdaroglu, who is an Alevi Kurd.
Of course, firstly CHP must prove again that it is ready to brace for change.
