Turkish Muslim women walk past a truck with a campaign poster of Turkish Prime minister and presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 8, 2014 near a mosque in Istanbul. Turkish voters will directly elect their head of state for the first time in the country’s modern history in the August 10 election, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan the hot favourite to become president. The main opposition candidate in Turkey’s presidential election rejected plans for a strong presidency as a “fantasy” of his rival Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that would not be accepted by the Turkish people. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)