Rival presidential billboards, Istanbul, election day 2014
Street displays of three rival campaigns at Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul, on election day: Erdoğan's billboard 'Add strength to Turkey's strength,' İhsanoğlu's 'The pride of the Turkish nation,' and a Demirtaş banner 'Democratic change, peaceful Turkey.' The tell, shared by all three sides: strength, pride and change words stand in for a claim that could be tested.
- Date
- August 10, 2014
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Presidential campaigns of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu and Selahattin Demirtaş
- Region
- Middle East and North Africa
- Country
- Turkey
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Erdogan Government
- Leader
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 2014 Turkish Presidential Election
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work, Voice of America)
Osman Orsal / Voice of America, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
TÜRKİYE'NİN GÜCÜNE GÜÇ KAT [logo] ERDOĞAN [B]ÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESİ YENİ YAŞAM ÇAĞRISI Demokratik Değişim, Barışçı Türkiye DEMİRTAŞ TÜRK MİLLETİNİN GURURU [illegible] EKMELEDDİN İHSANOĞ[cropped by passers-by]
ADD STRENGTH TO TURKEY'S STRENGTH ERDOĞAN [B]ig-city municipality A CALL TO A NEW LIFE Democratic change, peaceful Turkey DEMİRTAŞ THE PRIDE OF THE TURKISH NATION [illegible] EKMELEDDİN İHSANOĞ[LU]
The lower-left municipal line and the small line above the İhsanoğlu name are partly cut off by the frame or by passers-by; a faint background word on the Erdoğan billboard is not legible.
