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Ruth Michaelson and Deniz Barış Narlı in Istanbul

Turkish opposition accuses Russia of election interference days before vote

Turkish presidential candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, holds a rally in Bursa in advance of Sunday’s presidential poll.
Turkish presidential candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, holds a rally in Bursa in advance of Sunday’s presidential poll. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

Turkey’s leading opposition candidate has accused Russia of election interference days before the country’s most consequential vote in a generation.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Republican People’s party (CHP), the chief rival to the incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, accused Russia of concocting deepfake videos and false material, seemingly a reference to an allegedly fake sex tape of candidate Muharrem İnce, released a day before he dropped out of the race.

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