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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye's Opposition Leader Looks to Emerge from Erdogan’s Shadow

This handout picture released by the Press Office of Türkiye's Republican People's Party (CHP) shows Kemal Kilicdaroglu leader of the Republican People party CHP speaking after he was confirmed as the Turkish opposition's joint candidate to run against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Türkiye's presidential elections in May, in Ankara, on March 6, 2023. (Republican People's Party (CHP) Press Service / AFP)

Stuck in Recep Tayyip Erdogan's shadow throughout his career, Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu believes his time may have come after suffering repeated election defeats and scorn from the man who has dominated politics for two decades.

An opposition alliance on Monday named Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), its candidate to take on President Erdogan in May 14 elections that are seen as perhaps the most consequential in Türkiye's modern history.

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