“The opposition is shamelessly trying to denigrate our cities by staging specific challenges. They are trying to cover their eventual defeat in the elections by provoking and insulting people,” said Recep Erdogan, quoted by Reuters.
Erdogan appeared to suggest that his political opponents instigated the clashes in the city of Erzurum, a stronghold of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). On Sunday, protesters threw stones at a campaign bus carrying the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP, opposition), in an incident in Erzurum.
Imamoglu would become the vice-president of Turkey in the event of the victory of the opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in the presidential election.
Opinion polls show that Recep Erdogan faces the biggest electoral challenge of his career in the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for May 14.
Present at a rally in Edirne, Erdogan accused the opposition of being “pro-LGBT” and “joining the terrorists”. And Suleyman Soylu, the Turkish Minister of the Interior, accused the opposition of inciting violence in Erzurum.
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