Istanbul: Kemal Kilijadaroglu, the opponent of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Turkish presidential election, raised nationalism with his stance against refugees. Kamal is promoting the deportation of millions of refugees, including those from neighboring Syria, as his election promise. In the first phase of voting, Rajab Tayyib Erdogan was leading with five percent of the votes. Kilijadaroglu is in second place. The second stage match is on May 28.
Kilijadaroglu accused the current government of giving refugees an opportunity to immigrate illegally. He also criticized that their open border policy would bring another 10 million refugees to a country that currently hosts 10 million refugees. Kamal announced that if he becomes president, he will send all the refugees back to their countries immediately. Although he hopes that this kind of extreme anti-refugee stance will be voted through, media reports suggest that this time there is little chance. It is estimated that he can easily win the presidential election as well, given that his party has already secured the supremacy in the parliament.
Kilijadaroglu alleged that the number of refugees in the country with a population of 8.5 crores will exceed three crores. Kilijadaroglu is contesting as a candidate of a coalition of six opposition parties. In 2011, hundreds of thousands of people fled to neighboring Turkey following the atrocities committed by Bashar al-Assad. Refugee monitor Murat Erdogan said there are currently four million recognized refugees in Turkey, of which 3.5 million are from Syria.
I will deport All refugees if I become president of Turkey: Kemal Kilijadaroglu
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2023-05-20 14:15:40
