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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Daren Butler and Birsen Altayli

Turkey's kingmaker party keeps options open ahead of Erdogan's election test

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waves to people during the opening of a mosque in Sisak, Croatia, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

A pro-Kurdish party set to play a key role in Turkish elections next year said it is open to talks with other opposition parties on finding a joint candidate who could end President Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power.

But senior deputy Saruhan Oluc told Reuters that the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which has about 12% support nationally, would propose its own presidential candidate if such discussions sputter with a separate opposition alliance.

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