Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu emerged on Monday as the main challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in landmark elections expected on May 14, after a six-party alliance picked him as expected as its presidential candidate.
The bloc has vowed to reverse many of Erdogan's policies on the economy, civil rights and foreign affairs in what many see as the most consequential election in the republic's 100-year history.
Voters will decide not only who leads Turkey but how it is governed, where its economy is headed and what role it may play to ease conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East.on Monday to reunite the opposition bloc that had splintered on Friday when the big right-wing IYI Party opposed his candidacy. Reflecting concerns over Kilicdaroglu's ability to win, IYI leader Meral Aksener had on Friday left the alliance, saying it should choose one of the mayors to take on Erdogan because they would fare better."This is a massive political coup against Erdogan and should hand the opposition a decisive win in the first round on May 14," said Hakan Akbas, managing director of Strategic Advisory Services, an Istanbul-based political advisory.
Erdogan has never faced a serious electoral threat since his AKP were elected in 2002. Since then, he has increasingly shaped Turkey to his vision of a pious, conservative society and assertive regional military power.
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