ISTANBUL
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Monday's dailies mainly covered Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party's election manifesto which was unveiled by Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the MHP, ahead of the June 7 general elections.
Bahceli detailed his party’s 256-page manifesto, focused on the economy and titled “Walk with us, Turkey," in Ankara on Turkism Day, which is celebrated by Turkish nationalists on May 3 since 1944 in order to honor Turkish culture, customs and institutions.
"A 71.9 million lira manifesto" headlined HURRIYET, showing a picture of hundreds of party supporters acclaiming both the manifesto and the party leader.
According to the daily, Bahceli promised to increase the country's gross domestic product to $1.1 trillion by 2019 and decrease the inflation rate to 5 percent by 2023.
GDP in Turkey stood at $822.1 billion in 2013, according to the World Bank.
Central Bank Governor Erdem Basci said last Friday that Turkey's inflation rate would drop back to 5.5 percent in 2016.
The MHP leader announced a plethora of measures: the net minimum wage will be raised from the current 949 Turkish liras (about $355) to 1,400 liras ($515), subcontracted workers in the public sector will be granted tenure, additional payments will be made to retirees, a council will be established to fight corruption and parliamentary immunity will be lifted, he vowed.
MILLIYET quoted Bahceli as saying "Terror will end." "We will root the terror out of Turkey," Bahceli said referring to outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, according to the daily.
The Turkish government launched an initiative in early 2013, popularly known as the "solution process," to end the 45-year-old conflict with the outlawed PKK, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey as well as by the U.S. and the European Union.
In other news, Turkish dailies reported on alleged "chemical attacks" perpetrated by the Syrian regime in Idlib, which killed at least 10 people on Sunday.
"Child killer," YENI SAFAK headlined, reporting that the Bashar Al-Assad regime had targeted three primary schools with barrel bombs in the rebel-held city of Idlib.
AKSAM said search-and-rescue teams had pulled 10 dead bodies, including six children and four teachers, from the rubble, and added that at least 15 others had been wounded.
The Syrian opposition has repeatedly accused the Assad regime of using chemical and toxic weapons against civilians since August 2013, when a single attack reportedly killed more than 1,400 civilians.
International watchdog Human Rights Watch said last month that strong evidence showed that Syrian regime forces had launched chemical attacks between March 16 and 31 in Idlib province in northern Syria.
In sports news, dailies mainly focused on the triumph of Swiss tennis player Roger Federer against Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas in the Istanbul Open final.
"19th country, 85th cup," wrote VATAN. The paper said that Federer beat Cuevas 6-3, 7-6, Sunday, winning the first Turkish ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour tournament.
Federer claimed his 85th ATP tournament victory Sunday. The number of countries where he has won such a tournament rises to 19.
The Istanbul Open, also known as TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, began on April 27, and ended with the final being played at the Garanti Koza Arena.
