Turkey’s six-party opposition coalition has selected a bookish bureaucrat to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s two-decade rule as president at the forthcoming elections, after turmoil surrounding its choice of candidate.
A longtime head of the Republican People’s party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will attempt to challenge Erdoğan in a general election currently expected to take place in mid-May, despite criticism that the 74-year-old economist lacks the political flair and charisma required to challenge Erdoğan’s populism.
