ANKARA: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s challenger in Turkiye’s presidential race has sharpened his tone on migrants on Thursday, vowing to ship all migrants again to their international locations as soon as elected in a Could 28 runoff vote.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party opposition alliance, received 45 % assist in Sunday’s vote whereas Erdogan received 49.5 %, falling simply in need of the bulk wanted to keep away from a runoff vote.
Kilicdaroglu’s newest feedback got here amid expectations {that a} third candidate within the presidential race would announce his choice for the runoff.
Sinan Ogan, a nationalist politician endorsed by an anti-refugee celebration obtained 5.2 %, which made him a kingmaker within the runoff vote.
Addressing his celebration members at his Republican Individuals’s Celebration (CHP) headquarters, Kilicdaroglu maintained his defiant tone towards Erdogan’s insurance policies on migration.
“Erdogan, you have got intentionally allowed 10 million refugees to Turkiye. You even put Turkish citizenship on sale to get imported votes,” Kilicdaroglu mentioned, with out offering proof.
Turkiye hosts the world’s largest refugee inhabitants of round 4 million, in response to official figures.
“I’m saying right here: I’ll ship all refugees again residence as soon as I’m elected as president, interval,” he added.
In his election marketing campaign, Kilicdaroglu had mentioned that they had plans to ship Syrians in Turkiye again residence inside two years after making a cope with Syrian President Bashar al Assad for his or her security and coordinating with the UN.