Recep Tayyip Erdogan today accused his American counterpart, Joe Biden, of “giving orders” to defeat him in Sunday’s election and the opposition of aligning itself with Western interests and attacking Russia. “Biden gave the order to defeat Erdogan, I know that. All my people know that,” the Turkish president declared at one of his last rallies ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary and presidential elections, which polls say will end his two decades in power. power in Turkey.
“The ballots will come out tomorrow [domingo] a response to Biden,” added the Turkish head of state, also accusing the main opponent in the presidential election, Social Democrat Kemal Kilicdaroglu, of attacking Russia, an economic and political ally of the country.
While the opposition leader has assured that he will maintain those ties with Russia if elected president, Erdogan today accused him of preparing sanctions against Moscow. “Are you going to do this with the instructions you received from the United States?” the Islamist leader asked at a gathering of supporters in Istanbul.
Erdogan also accused the opposition bloc, which also includes nationalists and Islamists, of being infiltrated by the LGBT community (lesbians, ‘gays’, bisexuals and transgenders). “We believe in the sanctity of the family. If the family is weak, the nation will be weak,” he insisted.
Turkey will hold the most decisive presidential and parliamentary elections in 20 years on Sunday. Polls credit Kiliçdaroglu’s victory in the presidential election, though he may not win the absolute majority that would prevent a second round in two weeks.
During the legislatures, neither Erdogan’s bloc nor the opposition alliance is expected to gain a majority, so the role of the pro-Kurdish left party HDP, which the current government has been on the verge of banning, will be decisive.
Source: DN
