President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejected the opposition's calls to hold snap elections in Turkey once again, and he said the country will hold elections on the scheduled date in June 2023, Turkish media reports.
Speaking at the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) parliamentary meeting in Ankara, Erdoğan said holding early elections was out of the question, and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairperson Devlet Bahçeli is also in favor of holding elections on the designated date.
Erdoğan said that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairperson Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been repeating the same thing for months now, to hold snap polls, as he said the opposition leader will eventually learn the laws in the country.
The opposition alliance led by CHP has been calling for holding early elections and switching to a "strengthened parliamentary system."
While Erdoğan is the candidate of the People's Alliance, the opposition CHP-led Nation Alliance has not announced its candidate yet.
It has been more than four years since Turkey switched from a parliamentary system to the current presidential system after the majority of Turkish voters opted to create the new system.
