In Turkey, the controversy reaches even the courts Kilicdaroglu – Erdogan, with the opposition leader filing a lawsuit against the Turkish president over videos linking him to terrorism and the PKK. Earlier, however, the pro-Kurdish parties confirmed that they will support Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s polls as well.

Three days before the second polls open in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is projecting himself as God’s interlocutor, in contrast to his opponents, who, according to him, are collaborating with terrorists.

“Those of the opposition are taking instructions from the terrorists who are on Mount Qandil. From the terrorists. While we receive instructions from God and from our people”, said the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Erdogan’s allegations take the pre-election fight to the courts. The Republican Party is filing a lawsuit seeking 1 million Turkish Liras for showing a misleading video at an Erdogan campaign rally showing Kilicdaroglu associating with the Kurdish PKK, which Ankara calls a terrorist organization.

“Whether it is fake or not, PKK members have shown their support (to the opposition) with this video,” Erdogan said.

The pro-Kurdish party, meanwhile, is keeping alive Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s hope for the presidency, reaffirming its support for the opposition candidate, this time simply because of the need to get Erdogan out.

“For us, Erdogan is not the choice at all. The only option is to change him and his government,” says HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan.

“All together we will go to the polls and replace the regime of one man,” she added.

The opposition candidate is trying to highlight the opacity and corruption that winterize the lives of citizens and are hidden behind the authoritarian practices of the Turkish president.

“A state cannot depend on what one man’s lips say. In a state there are executive and judicial powers that control its operation. We currently do not know what the palace’s expenses are. What does he spend? What contests does it have? But he does this with our own money. The state must get out of there. The state must be transparent,” says Kemal Kilindaroglu.

The polls, however, show that Kilicdaroglu loses in the second round. In the latest poll, the Turkish president gathers a percentage of 52.7% while his political opponent only 47.3%.

“Erdogan pulls the strings and his supporters follow, I mean we’re talking about a charismatic leader. On the other hand, we have a figure (S.K. Kilicdaroglu) who is not charismatic at all,” notes the professor at Kadir Has University, Serhat Guvens.

Heading towards May 28, however, both sides are engaging in an increasingly dangerous auction of nationalism to reach out to far-right voters.