A senior advisor to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan drew criticism after he claimed that a change of government in the May 14 elections would be a blow to Turkey’s full independence, following similar comments by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and President Erdogan
Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Presidency’s Legal Policies Board Mehmet Uçum
While criticising the policies of the opposition in a televised interview with Turkey’s haberturk TV, Mehmet Ucum, Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Presidency’s Legal Policies Board said, “An election change of government in 2023 would be a blow to Turkey’s full independence, whether it can be achieved or not.”
He also criticized the opposition parties for not having reassuring policies about Turkey’s systematic approach to terrorism.
Last week, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has labeled the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for May 14, as a “coup attempt.” Speaking to supporters in Istanbul’s Fatih district, Soylu reminded them of the failed coup attempt of July 15, 2016 and referred to the May elections as a “political coup attempt.”
On Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan also challenged the legitimacy of a possible win by the opposition ahead of the presidential election on 14 May, and claimed that the opposition’s main presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu is engaged in efforts to win the presidency “with the support of Qandil,” in other words the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that has its headquarters in Qandil Mountains.
Source: Gerçek News
