The candidate for the president of Turkey, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who is facing Erdogan in the May 14 election, bids for rhetorical challenges for Greek-Urgic.

As SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis reports from Istanbul, a few months ago Kilitsdaroglou declared that “the islands are under occupation. Erdoğan, go get them like Ecevit in Cyprus.”

Kilicdaroglu had declared last September: “We are not like those who say ‘I am coming, I will come, I will come in the morning.’ But what did Ecevit do? The army went and made the landing, as prime minister he went to his office and announced ‘our army is now in Cyprus’ and it was over. It is done.

Those islands are under occupation. They are being occupied, I said it all the time, all this is being done against the Treaty of Lausanne. All these islands. They didn’t say anything. But now that the economy is bad, the world is impoverished. He keeps saying ‘I’ll come one night’, ‘I’ll come at dawn’. What do you want them to send you a ‘please come’ invitation? If he has courage, if you have strength, you go!”.

“The islands are in possession – When I come I will take them all”

The opposition presidential candidate has threatened an invasion and targeted the Greek islands.

Kilitsdaroglou had declared: “Greece occupied 18 islands in the Aegean. I always say that. My friend you answer everything I say. Say at least one sentence about these 18 islands. The defense minister of Greece answered me and said ‘molon lave’!. In 2019 I will come and take all those islands!!”.

In other statements he had said: “The government will change, let us take over. The Greeks and the Greek governments know that we are descended from the ‘national powers’. They know well what our tradition is and how we protect the interests of our country. They know well who Ecevit and Erbakan are. Now let them talk, when we take over the government, we will show them what will happen to the weapons that are on those islands.”

Aksener explains the reasons she insisted on the vice presidency of the two mayors – “Imamoglu and Yavas are more popular than all of us”

Aksener stated: “Me because I aim for victory, let’s tell the truth. The popularity of our two mayors is greater than mine. Let’s not compare with someone else, with me! So they have to help the campaign. But it’s one thing for them to help as mayors, and another for them to show that they will take responsibility after the campaign and after the elections, and we agreed on that.”

Bakhceli closed the door on the Kurds – He does not recognize their football team and sympathizes with the fans who attacked them

An attack on Aksener as well

Bakhceli stated: “The one who ‘sells’ you, betrays you, will do it again. He will betray you, he will betray you again. For us there is no area called Amed (Diyarbakir). Not even some football team called Amenspor. That is why I greet the Bursaspor fans and congratulate them for their national attitude.”