He is better known for his thunderous tones.<br /><br />But campaigning for Sunday’s local elections has taken its toll on Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. <br /><br />After his falsetto delivery on Thursday drew ridicule from detractors, he did not take part in the ruling AK Party’s closing rallies.<br /><br />He may have lost his voice but Erdogan’s party looks set to win at the polls against Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s main opposition Republican People’s Party.<br /><br />And this, despite a corruption scandal, leaked recordings and controversial social media bans.<br /><br />But not everyone supports Erdogan. Victory for his ruling party would mean a fearful and intimidating future according to Istanbul resident Cihan Kurnaz.<br /><br />Fellow Istanbul dweller Ahmet Oz, however, disagreed, saying that <br />Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted party is the best choice, for peace and stability. <br /><br />“There is no alternative,” he said. <br /><br />These local elections will be the first real test of the prime minister’s popularity since last summer’s anti-governme
