“The people are saying ‘enough is enough,'” Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), told the German Agency.
Despite mounting political pressure, the Turkish opposition appears confident of defeating outgoing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2023 elections, after two decades of his rule as a dictator.
“The people hated Erdogan. He says ‘enough is enough,'” Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), told the German Agency.
The majority of Turks crave “democracy, freedom and justice”, Mr Kilicdaroglu said during an interview he gave to dpa at the CHP headquarters in Ankara.
He promised that Mr Erdogan’s defeat would mark the start of a “new era” in the country.
In Turkey, parliamentary and presidential elections are scheduled to be held in June 2023; however, Turkish media have recently estimated that it is possible that they will be held early.
The six-party opposition alliance, led by Mr Kilicdaroglu’s CHP and the İyi (a.k.a. Kalo) party, has yet to announce its joint candidate to face Mr Erdogan whenever they meet. the elections.
This motley coalition of social democrats, right-wing and conservative Islamists promises to turn the government back into a parliamentary one, ending the presidential system established by Mr Erdogan in 2018. The outgoing head of state has been accused by the opposition of gathering too many powers in his hands.
Despite his powers, which allow him to determine developments from the judicial system to the economy, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity is on the decline, mainly due to the economy’s problems, especially inflation, which has taken off — it is above 80%,—, pointed out his former travel companion but today an executive of İyi, Turhan Chemez.
“The people are preparing to teach Erdoğan a lesson at the ballot box,” said Mr. Chemez during an interview he gave to the German Agency.
Despite reforms as part of Mr Erdogan’s bid to boost Turkey’s EU membership in the early years of his rule, analysts point out that much of the country’s progress in areas from human rights to the rule of law, from judicial independence as well as the economy were nullified, especially after the failed military coup of 2016.
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