A lawyer for the candidate of Turkey’s opposition alliance in the presidential election – the second round of which takes place on Sunday – has filed lawsuits over a propaganda video that suggests his client has ties to the outlawed armed Kurdish separatist movement, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). , an organization that Turkey, the US and the EU characterize as “terrorist”, he said to the German Agency on Tuesday.

“We have filed hundreds of lawsuits at the Ankara prosecutor’s office for defamation, defamation and misinformation,” said Celal Celik, Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s lawyer, by phone.

The opposition demands that those who created and spread “these lies” through social networking sites be held accountable, Mr. Celik added, laying the blame on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s entourage.

The outgoing head of state is considered the favorite to face the opposition candidate in the second round of the contest.

During several of Mr Erdogan’s campaign speeches, a video has been shown showing Mr Kilicdaroglu and then, among others, a member of the PKK singing the CHP’s campaign song.

Even if it is a “edit”, there are videos showing the PKK supporting its rival, Mr Erdogan claimed during his television interview last Monday night, without presenting any proof or becoming more specific.

Mr. Erdogan “confessed” his “slander”, was the reaction of Mr. Kilicdaroglu yesterday Tuesday in Hatay province. He called his opponent a “crook”.

“It’s not a montage, it’s true,” countered Fahrettin Altun, Mr Erdogan’s communications director, via Twitter.

The Turkish president claims that the pro-Kurdish HDP party’s support for Mr. Kilicdaroglu shows that the PKK is on his side. Mr Erdogan and his far-right nationalist allies label the HDP the political arm of the PKK; the party is under threat of being outlawed over the charge. Although the People’s Democracy Party itself has been denying for years that it has any connection with the armed Kurdish separatist movement.