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Erdogan accuses opposition of provocations ahead of tight Turkish vote

Supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, shout slogans during a campaign event ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition on Monday of provoking disorder and siding with terrorists, without providing evidence, in a fiery speech days before close and increasingly fractious elections.

Erdogan appeared to suggest his opponents had incited confrontations a day earlier when crowds threw stones at a key opposition figure in the eastern city of Erzurum, a stronghold of the president's AK Party (AKP).

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