Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced that his six-party opposition bloc will most likely participate in presidential elections with a common candidate. The politician actually announced the start of the opposition election campaign, Karar newspaper reports.
"The new president will be either the leader of one of the six parties or a candidate from abroad. We will demand from him to follow the principles we have set. But the leaders of those six parties will become guarantors during his presidency,” said Davutoglu.
The former Prime Minister also stressed that the opposition will pursue the return of the parliamentary system of government in the country.
Presidential-parliamentary elections in Turkey are scheduled for June 2023. The ruling People's Alliance bloc, which includes the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the far-right Nationalist Movement, has previously said that incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be their sole candidate. The opposition has not nominated its candidate yet.
