Jalal Celik, the lawyer for the Republican People’s Party in Kilicdaroglu, posted a tweet on his Twitter account on Wednesday in which he said: “We have filed a complaint”, explaining that he is demanding one million Turkish liras (about 50 000 US dollars), according to Agence France-Presse.
Erdogan had released a short video clip at a large rally in Istanbul on May 7 showing, in his own words, Kilicdaroglu “walking hand in hand with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party”, the organization that Ankara and its Western allies classify as “terrorist”.
In the video, he calls on the opposition candidate to go “together to the polls” for the presidential election, and immediately one of the PKK leaders follows suit.
On Monday, the Turkish president, who won the first round with 49.5% of the vote, publicly admitted that the video was made up, but reiterated that his opponent had “allied with the terrorist organization of the workers of Kurdistan Parti “, an assertion without foundation.
Kilicdaroglu responded angrily after the fake video was released a week before the first session, saying, “How can a person sitting in the presidential chair sink to such a low level?”
The candidate who won 44.9% of the vote in the first round, who heads a coalition of six opposition parties, has toughened up his rhetoric on the issue of refugees and terrorism, in an attempt to win more voice.
It is reported that in the first round, Kilicdaroglu received the support of the main pro-Kurdish party, the People’s Democratic Party, which the authorities accuse of being linked to the PKK.
Erdogan and his campaign camp, by repeating the same accusations of supporting terrorism and colluding with the PKK, aim to undermine his adversary’s chances.
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