Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accepted a visit offer made by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce, while rejecting his his challenge to debate on TV.
“I certainly do not want to go to a debate on TV, because we do not want anyone to make a premium. But I can accept his visit at the ruling Justice and Development Party building, because acceptance there is a different event. I as a party leader think this would be more correct. We will respond to this offer soon and we will accept them at our party,” Erdoğan said in a press conference in Ankara.
İnce had said on Sunday that he would ask for appointments from other presidential candidates. “I will ask for an appointment tomorrow (May 7) to meet all the candidates and wish them success. I will talk to whoever makes an appointment. I will visit Mr. Erdoğan if he gives an appointment. If he calls me to presidential palace, I will go there. If he does not, he knows himself. I will also visit Selahattin Demirtaş in Edirne,” he said, referring to the jailed leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
“Mr. Erdoğan, you’ve spoken about modern civilizations; let’s do it like modern societies. Let’s debate on TV, tell Turkey about our visions with other candidates,” İnce told a group of reporters in parliament on Monday.
Erdoğan on Sunday had vowed his ruling AKP “will bring Turkey above the level of contemporary civilization.”
“What Mr. Erdoğan said yesterday was very nice. I am very happy. But in contemporary societies and in the West, candidates appear on television together; they debate. And I am ready,” İnce said.
Turkey will hold snap presidential and general elections on June 24, almost a year and a half earlier than scheduled.
from Stockholm Center for Freedom https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-president-erdogan-rejects-tv-debate-with-opposition-candidate/
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