REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY OPTIMISTIC PREDICTIONS FOR THE OCTOBER 1975 PARTIAL S

Created: 9/17/1975

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1. PEOPLE's PARTY <RPP) officials ARE COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT THEIR

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PARTY HILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT GAINS In THE

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artial senate elections, information received at rpp headquarters tn ankara from various sources Such as informal polls and reports fro" journalists have caused rpp officials tothat they mill 3ain approximatelyosenate seats out of theeing contested in addition to the eight seats up for election currently held by rpp members hhich they expect to retain.

2. hpp leaders predict that their candidate for

the single contested seat in istanbul.n

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other candidates combined and that he will

Easily defeat justice party up) candidate

fa. optimism such as this is generally

felt across TmE board by rpp officials. they AlSQ believe that ThE natiotarty (nsp) HILL

suffer considerable reverses during the election, particularly due to their belief that thg popularity of deputvminister nec^ettin erbakan has recently declined.

RPP CHAIRMAN BULeNT E V I NTENDS TO CONTINUE PUBLIClV ATTACKING Th6 NATIONAL FRONT GOVERNMENT DURING THE CAMPAIGN. PARTICULARLY HJTH RESPECT TO FOREIGN POlICY AND CORRUPTION.

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AND WILL SAY DURING THE CAMPAIGN. IT MtULD MPc FOR THE RPP T0 TAKE TURKEY OUT AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE REST OF RPPHIM. ECEVIT IS ATTACKING THE TURKEY AND THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THAT THJS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO F WELL

as IT Expects In the OCTOBcR elections there are

THREE ALTERNATIVES OPEN TO ITI A) ThE *PP CAN PUSHENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION In MAY, 6) THE RPP MIGHT OPT FOR AN HpP-De.MOCRA TIC PARTY (DP) COALITION, AND C) ThE RPP MIGHT DEC IDE TO JOIN THE JP IN AN ELECTION COALITION UOVERNMENT IN NOVEMflFR5 FOR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS UNTIL GENERAL

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