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The Daily Beast reports:
Turkish opposition officials say their supporters will take to the streets in “massive protests” if President Recep Tayyip Erdogan follows through on his threat not to concede power if he loses this Sunday’s presidential election.
Erdogan has implied that his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), is being supported by a Kurdish militia, the PKK, that has launched a decades-long insurgency in the country and is categorized as a terrorist organization by the Turkish government and the U.S.
A top adviser to Erdogan, Mehmet Ucum, stated that a change in power would be a risk to the country’s “territorial integrity” and Erdogan’s coalition partner, Devlet Bahceli, said opposition officials could find “bullets in their bodies” or be jailed for life.
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The turnout for Sunday’s election is expected to exceed Turkey’s historically high levels. Last week Erdogan went on a rant about “Western perversion” and LGBTQ rights in an attempt to rally his base of right wingers. Turkey is a NATO member but its application for EU membership has stalled for years, largely due to human rights concerns.
Turkish opposition officials say their supporters will take to the streets in “massive protests” if President Recep Tayyip Erdogan follows through on his threat not to concede power if he loses this Sunday’s presidential election.https://t.co/jR4gMqkkJ7
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 12, 2023
Erdogan Rallies Anti-Gay Hate To Bolster Reelection Bid – https://t.co/7amxHAxarr pic.twitter.com/oQDR6GfnmY
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 4, 2023
If Recep Tayyip #Erdogan loses #Turkey‘s upcoming presidential election, analysts predict he won’t concede easily, likely playing several last-ditch strategic moves to hold on to power for a highly coveted and historically unprecedented third term.https://t.co/maYDwrbLm9
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 12, 2023