Yıldırım promises free internet, museums to Istanbul's youth if elected in June

Ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) Istanbul mayoral candidate Binali Yıldırım promised to the city's teens as part of his local election campaign a special city card that would allow them to enjoy the city's museums free of charge, as well as 10 gigabytes of mobile internet services per month.

Speaking to editors-in-chief of several media outlets in Istanbul, the former prime minister said the card would allow teens to enjoy city theaters for free as well.

Yıldırım also promised to boost the monthly budget of the city's amateur sports clubs by ten-fold, from 10,000 liras ($1,700) to 100,000 ($17,000) liras.

Yıldırım promised to offer Istanbulite drivers free parking for an hour, as well as financial aid packages for couples preparing to marry.

For families already married, Yıldırım promised to write off nearly 500 million lira ($85 million) interest on debt incurred by those families.

Families with children would have access to at least one daycare that would be established across Istanbul's 961 neighborhoods, he said.