3- Kurdish voters are overwhelmingly support Kilicdaroglu according to the polls. Their mobilisation has given him a chance to stand up against Erdogan
2- First, the official said Russia is helping Erdogan’s campaign promises by pumping dollars to Turkish Central Bank via Akkuyu power plant and energy payment deferrals
3- The opposition believes Putin’s speech at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant fuel delivery ceremony where he generously praised Erdogan is also bothering
You have a Republican Alevi candidate from Tunceli. The guy who introduced him is a political Islamist, he was the mayor when a pogrom was conducted against Alevis in Sivas.
You have former Erdogan comrades. And an ultranationalist
But in many ways it is a testimony that if there is a Republican Project that was intended by Ataturk and his friends, it succeeded.
A member of a long persecuted sect may become the next president of Turkey with the support of regime dissident Islamists.
The said candidate who was born in a village in Tunceli — the name comes from the military operation that killed thousands of Alevis in 1930s — state’s bronze hand— is now leading Ataturk’s party which conducted the very same military operation
Operation Convincing Aksener is underway as Kilicdaroglu camp is trying to offer deals and receiving counter deals to patch up the wound that is called Table of Six
I know it doesn’t look much for people who aren’t Turkish. But we all are consumed by the Table of Six joint presidential candidate crisis since last week in Turkey.
It is basically 24/7 news right now. Nothing else is given any thought
Operation Aksener is on full steam as Istanbul and Ankara mayors are now in a meeting with her in Ankara, trying to convince her.
One proposal is to have Yavas and/Or Imamoglu as the vice presidential nominee along with Kilicdaroglu