So long awaited opposition candidate has just been announced. #Kilicdaroglu will race against #Erdogan. Meanwhile, the table of six - a coalition of opposition parties - no more. At least not in its current form as IYI party breaks ranks.
The head of Iyi Party Meral Aksener also called on mayors of Istanbul and Ankara to run against Erdogan in the upcoming election and announced the party won't support Kilicdaroglu's candidacy.
For context, the split is likely to weaken the opposition coalition because now they don't have the support of nationalists (represented by IYI) or the Kurds (represented by HDP).
Meanwhile the ruling party
Also, ahead of announcement Kilicdaroglu met with Sol (leftist) party and the TIP (workers) party - possibly signaling new coalitions/alliances bianet.org/bianet/siyaset…
Two political scientists @bianet talked to believe that the last move by İYİ Party President Meral Akşener is a mistake. m.bianet.org/english/politi…
Mayors of istanbul and ankara in the meantime rally behind Kilicdaroglu duvarenglish.com/imamoglu-and-y…
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