Pre-election situation heating up in Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - Statements of political leaders on the threshold of the June parliamentary election in Turkey become tougher and go beyond the political ethics. On May 29, Turkey’s Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan held an election rally in Kayseri. He accused all large opposition parties of collusion against AKP.

According to Erdogan, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) have formed a trilateral alliance, which allegedly aims to discredit the ruling party.

“CHP and MHP pretend that they do not see the attempts of terrorist acts against the authorities,” Erdogan said, adding that BDP manipulates them.

In his statements made in south-eastern provinces of the country as part of election campaign, leader of CHP Kemal Kilicdaroglu promised the Kurdish population to provide autonomy to it if he comes to power.

Erdogan has strictly reacted to it, accusing the opposition leader of an attempt to split the country and saying he will prevent it. Kilicdaroglu said for his part that Erdogan assists separatists of Turkey and even leads a separatist movement, according to Turkish media.

The parliamentary election will be held in Turkey on June 12.