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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that his ruling AK Party and its nationalist ally will continue on their planned course after the opposition bloc split over who should run to challenge him in an a national election .

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu poses with mayors from his party during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey March 4, 2023Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu poses with mayors from his party during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey March 4, 2023

The public split on Friday in an alliance of opposition parties followed months of simmering discord in the group and was seen by analysts as a blow to opposition hopes of unseating Erdogan, who has been in power for two decades. She said that at a presidential candidate selection meeting this week, five parties in the alliance proposed KemalKilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People’s Party , as their candidate.

Five remaining leaders of the opposition alliance met on Saturday and were expected to issue a statement following discussions.

 

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