In Turkey, the opposition managed to unite against Erdogan in the presidential elections in May

By wearing the habit of the opposition candidate for the Turkish presidential elections, on Monday, March 6, after months of negotiations, feelings, and even the psychological drama of recent days, Kemal Kilicdaroglu was able to experience several ranges of sensations, among them the secret pleasure of a clear revenge.

She was attacked and criticized on all sides by the right-wing nationalist muse Meral Aksener, yet she is a core member of the opposition coalition he managed to hold at a distance for a year, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), formation. Ataturk, the founder of the republic, managed to combine six movements around his name, a force that few politicians can boast of.

In a hidden last-minute reflection on Turkish political life, a compromise was found, on Monday, in Ankara, between the troubled head of the Good Party and the other five formations of this coalition called the People’s Alliance, which is also called the “Table of Six”. Thus, on May 14, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of the main opposition party of the AKP, will be running against entrenched President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for twenty years.

“Our table is the table of peace and brotherhood. Our ultimate goal is to bring Turkey to prosperous, peaceful and happy days. As a national alliance, we will rule Turkey through consultation and consensus.”The candidate promised, specifying that the heads of other parties in the coalition would ensure the duties of the vice presidents during the transitional period. We will return to the people what was stolen from the people (…). I am not the candidate, the candidate is all of us.”Then he walked out in front of the headquarters of his movement, amidst cheers, surrounded by Ikram Imamoglu and Mansur Yavas, the mayors of Istanbul and Ankara, respectively.

“mobilize as many voters as possible”

Meral Aksener, she finally returned to the negotiating table after she caused the surprise, on Friday, and strongly opposed Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s candidacy. “This alliance no longer allows coordinated discussion of potential candidates: it has morphed into a notary office working on approval of a single candidate.”, denounced. The announcement, which was quickly interpreted as sabotaging the “table of six”, caused consternation within the opposition, which was already struggling to present an image of unity and did not stop postponing the date of the announcement. joint candidate. Surprised and disappointed, several members of his party chose to throw in the towel.

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