Five million first-time voters have never known their country without Recep Tayyip Erdogan in charge.
Unsurprisingly all the candidates challenging for the presidency have tried to woo young voters.
"If we have teachers, doctors, engineers wearing headscarves in this country today, that is all thanks to the freedoms Mr Erdogan has granted. If it wasn't for him, we would still be oppressed in the name of secularism," she explained.Mr Kilicdaroglu introduced a bill in parliament last year to secure the right of female public servants to wear headscarves. Mr Erdogan responded by offering to take the issue to a referendum instead. The issue has since been shelved.
It is thought that conservative women helped bring Mr Erdogan to power two decades ago, but that support is now dwindling.
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