Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, held his final rally in Ankara before a landmark presidential election
Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has slight leadANKARA, May 12 - Kemal Kilicdaroglu, main challenger of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said on Friday his party has concrete evidence of Russia's responsibility for the release of "deep fake" online content ahead of Sunday's presidentialKilicdaroglu, who has a slight poll lead over Erdogan two days ahead of the election, told Reuters in an interview it was unacceptable for Russia to interfere in Turkey's internal...
Russia has been accused in the past of meddling in foreign elections including in the United States, which Moscow denies. The 74-year-old former civil servant stressed that Turkey, which also has close business, economic and tourist ties with Russia, would pursue a fine balance in relations with Moscow.FILE PHOTO-Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, greets his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Tekirdag, Turkey April 27, 2023.
Turkey has conducted a diplomatic balancing act since Russia invaded Ukraine. Ankara opposes Western sanctions on Russia and has close ties with both Moscow and Kyiv, its Black Sea neighbours. It has sent armed drones to help Ukraine. Kilicdaroglu said a fundamental problem of Turkey's foreign policy in Erdogan's AK Party tenure was the exclusion of the foreign ministry from the policy-making process. Erdogan has instead shaped policy himself.
"We already see that there is relief inside and outside the country as it has become clear that I will be elected as the president," Kilicdaroglu said, adding markets trusted that his alliance would rule with rational policies.
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