İstanbul, Ankara mayors reject Akşener’s call for candidacy
İmamoğlu, Kılıçdaroğlu and Yavaş.
Mayors of Ankara and İstanbul have announced support for their party leader amid a crisis in the opposition alliance over presidential candidacy.
Earlier in the day, Meral Akşener, leader of the Good (İYİ) Party, announced that her party wouldn’t back Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), in the presidential elections.
Quake Will Not Delay Elections in Turkey, President Says
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Leaders of five opposition parties met today (March 4) after Good (İYİ) Party leader Meral Akşener withdrew her party from the six-party alliance known as the “Table of Six.”
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