Turkish Opposition Presses for Early Elections, Calls For Erdogan's Resignation
Opposition parties in Turkey are pressuring President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold early elections and to step down.
Head of Turkey’s opposition
Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) Ali Babacan said that Erdogan should
resign, warning that the people’s agony will continue as long as the government
of the Justice and Development Party is in power.
He stressed that it is time that
Erdogan leaves or else the country will suffer on a daily basis.
Poverty has reached an advanced
level, Babacan warned, adding that the Turkish people are searching for food in
the garbage.
He added that the suicide rate
increased as well, and this is unprecedented in Turkey.
The opposition Republican People’s
Party (CHP) spokesman, Faik Oztra, said that it is time that this authority
that betrayed the people leaves. It is elections time, he noted.
For his part, former Prime
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu slammed the Turkish president and described him as
“ignorant”.
Davutoglu said that presidents
around the world deliver statements to calm people down but when Erdogan speak,
he spreads fear in the society.
