“Locked” the pre-election scene in Turkey, as Erdogan announced elections on May 14, while the united opposition officially announced the common candidatethe leader of the largest party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

As commented by SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis, following relevant pressures, the two sides of the opposition found the golden ratio, proceeding to a compromise. Aksener returned to the alliance of “6” accepting Kilicdaroglu as leader, while later the two mayors of Istanbul, Imamoglu and Ankara, Javas, will take over as powerful vice-presidents.

Thus, as of today, Erdogan has to face both Kilicdaroglu as the leader of the united opposition, but also the two mayors, who are very popular in the Turkish electorate, who will appear on Kilicdaroglu’s side.

However, at the time of Kilicdaroglu’s announcement, there were no smiles on the faces of the leaders.

The president of the Eudaimonia party, Temel Karamolaoglou said in making the announcement: “I consider it our duty to announce the results of our meetings and our meetings. Mr. Kemal Kilicdaroglu will be our candidate for the presidency! I wish him the best of luck. I hope after the elections I can wish him good success again. We will see beautiful days, they will be sunny. Long live freedom. Beautiful days will come, they will be sunny, free, beautiful.”

Erdogan’s opponent, Kilicdaroglupromised “change” with Imamoglu and Yavas at his side as future vice presidents.

Kilicdaroglu stated: “Together with my two esteemed friends, Mr. Ekrem Imamoglu and Mr. Mansour Yavas, we started a march. Let our path be bright. We want to live in peace, we all want to live together. Today I find myself not only as a candidate, but also as a representative of change! United we will win. United we will win! I told you how we would begin… My beloved people with the good. Let’s start!”.

According to what Manolis Kostidis said, the news of Aksener’s return to the united opposition brought a rise of 3.5 points in the stock market and a fall in Turkey’s CDS.

Erdogan: Our only pre-election agenda will be the earthquake

The president of Turkey is trying to defend himself against the dynamic presence of the opposition by going on the counterattack.

Erdogan said: “In the elections our only agenda will be the earthquake. It will be the restoration of the material and economic damage caused by the earthquake. When part of our country has collapsed and 10 million people have lost their homes, their jobs and their peace of mind, we cannot afford to have an election campaign that is full of belligerence and fighting and fighting. You know that since the first day of the earthquake we have not entered into political conflicts. We were content to say that we are noting for later what was said and what was done.”

Five billion dollars from Riyadh

Saudi Arabia offers a pre-election helping hand to Erdogan. Riyadh will deposit 5 billion dollars in the Central Bank of Turkey.

Meanwhile, new tension was caused in Turkey-US relations due to Washington’s relationship with the Syrian Kurds. The US ambassador in Ankara, Jeff Flake, was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry for an explanation.

The head of the US armed forces had visited northern Syria.

Anger of Ankara, which considers the Syrian Kurds “terrorists”.