Turkey’s main opposition leader vows to work on 'bringing democracy back to Turkey’

ANTALYA

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that the party will work to “bring democracy back to Turkey,” as he commented on 2019 elections.

“We’ll work day and night to bring democracy back to Turkey. We’ll carry out this struggle for our children, youth, future and Turkey. Thus, we need to prepare for the 2019 elections,” Kılıçdaroğlu said in a speech in the southern Antalya province on Nov. 25, as he added that “there are two options ahead of us.”

“We only have two options ahead of us. There isn’t a third one. The first option is one-man regime and the second one is democratic regime, democratic parliamentary system. We are on the side of democratic parliamentary system, human rights and gender equality,” he also said.

Saying that Turkey experiences “the trailer of a one-man regime,” Kılıçdaroğlu noted that “everyone needs to see this reality.”

“There is a man at the top and keeps on ordering around. He is able to do whatever he wants. This may turn into a real story in 2019. Hence, we all need to see the reality. We all have responsibilities,” he added.