2 candidates spar in Istanbul mayoral race debate

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 16: Two mayoral candidates for the Turkish megalopolis Istanbul, Binali Yildirim and Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday sat down in a special TV studio for a debate moderated by veteran journalist Ismail Kucukkaya a week ahead of a re-run of the Istanbul polls. The debate between People's Alliance candidate Yildirim and Nation Alliance candidate Imamoglu at Istanbul’s Lutfi Kirdar Congress Center started. The AK Party candidate promised to create some 500,000 more jobs for Istanbulities by attracting more investors through new projects in the next five years. He also announced to establish a technology base in the city if he is elected as the mayor. The base will facilitate big data processing as well as a center for artificial intelligence. Yildirim also touched upon his AK Party's success in women workforce participation rate, noting the ratio of women attendance in labor has been a rise from 21% to 34% in last 16 years of his party's rule. He also said the number of female students is now more than male students, just like the number of female lecturers at Turkish universities. Yildirim said that housewives are needed to be focused also as they bear the responsibility of both children and house. He said that they will contribute to family budget up to 1,000 Turkish liras ($169) for the handcraft of housewives. Expressing one of the four families in Turkey under the hunger threshold, Imamoglu said that they are planning to provide up to 2,020 liras (approx. $340) to financially support these families. He added that this will be an average of 6,000 to 13,000 Turkish liras (approx. $1000 to $2200) per year which will be shared with the mother of the house. Imamoglu said that jobs will be created for 200,000 people who register to the Regional Employment Office. Speaking on transportation, he said that transportation will be free for the children under 12 years old and mothers who have babies aged 0-4. Imamoglu added that 40% of discount will also be pr
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 16: Two mayoral candidates for the Turkish megalopolis Istanbul, Binali Yildirim and Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday sat down in a special TV studio for a debate moderated by veteran journalist Ismail Kucukkaya a week ahead of a re-run of the Istanbul polls. The debate between People's Alliance candidate Yildirim and Nation Alliance candidate Imamoglu at Istanbul’s Lutfi Kirdar Congress Center started. The AK Party candidate promised to create some 500,000 more jobs for Istanbulities by attracting more investors through new projects in the next five years. He also announced to establish a technology base in the city if he is elected as the mayor. The base will facilitate big data processing as well as a center for artificial intelligence. Yildirim also touched upon his AK Party's success in women workforce participation rate, noting the ratio of women attendance in labor has been a rise from 21% to 34% in last 16 years of his party's rule. He also said the number of female students is now more than male students, just like the number of female lecturers at Turkish universities. Yildirim said that housewives are needed to be focused also as they bear the responsibility of both children and house. He said that they will contribute to family budget up to 1,000 Turkish liras ($169) for the handcraft of housewives. Expressing one of the four families in Turkey under the hunger threshold, Imamoglu said that they are planning to provide up to 2,020 liras (approx. $340) to financially support these families. He added that this will be an average of 6,000 to 13,000 Turkish liras (approx. $1000 to $2200) per year which will be shared with the mother of the house. Imamoglu said that jobs will be created for 200,000 people who register to the Regional Employment Office. Speaking on transportation, he said that transportation will be free for the children under 12 years old and mothers who have babies aged 0-4. Imamoglu added that 40% of discount will also be pr
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