On Friday, Turkey’s right-wing IYI Party left the major opposition coalition after rejecting its plan to make the biggest opposition party leader their election candidate, weakening the threat to President Tayyip Erdogan.
After months of turmoil, Erdogan announced this week that elections would be placed on May 14 despite criticism of his government’s reaction to last month’s deadly earthquakes, causing a public rift.
“As of yesterday, the ‘Table of Six’ (opposition parties) has lost the power to reflect the desire of the people in its choices,” she stated, foreshadowing her party’s resignation from the partnership.
“It’s no longer a platform to discuss alternative candidates but a table that rubber-stamps a single candidate,” she remarked.
Aksener said the nation wanted Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas to “perform their job” and run.
Kilicdaroglu minimized the presidential candidate dispute after Aksener’s statement.
“Don’t worry,” he told Haberturk and other media.
The “Table of Six” leaders, including Aksener, signed a statement on Thursday declaring, “We have achieved a clear agreement about our joint presidential candidate.”
The leaders would meet again on Monday to make their final decision. After that meeting, Aksener met with IYI leaders in her party’s Ankara headquarters till dawn.
She announced following a Friday party meeting.
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