With the official name Sanliurfa, ‘Riha’ has millions of votes for political parties. This city where Arabic, Turkish, and Kurdish people live, mostly has been close to the parties that are the power of Turkey. The influence of the tradition of pro-Kurdish parties is enough in this city. However, some people have been close to Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party since the early 2000s.
When people were waiting for the speech of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His fans from a rally in Urfa were goo-looking, middle-aged and old people.
Those middle-aged people said that they love him because of his leadership and recognition of Kurdish rights.
According to Erdogan’s fans, people who love Turkey and its flag should follow him.
Fans of Erdrogan called him ‘Reis’. In Urfa, from Whatsapp to Instagram middle-aged people, the photo and videos of Erdogan are going to run and run.
On the building of the municipality, in front of the minaret, there was a Turkish poster that referred to a song from Urfa. “We are from Urfa since past times, we couldn’t leave from Reis.”
This news was translated by Yonca Sarsilmaz
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