Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday mentioned Türkiye has good relations with each the US and Russia.
Türkiye is “friends with America and Russia and those who are spiteful towards us in the West,” Erdoğan mentioned throughout a dwell broadcast with a number of Turkish tv channels forward of Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
Erdogan’s remarks got here a day after Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, joint candidate for the six-party opposition Nation Alliance, on Thursday accused Russia of being behind video content material allegedly discrediting candidates for the presidency within the upcoming May 14 elections.
“Ahead of the election campaign, Joe Biden made statements that ‘Erdoğan should be overthrown’. He made this statement unfairly. After this statement, we met many times. He tried to backpedal when I asked him. Now Mr. Kemal has targeted the Russian side. Spokesperson Peskov from Russia said, ‘He has to prove it.’ ‘If he can’t prove it, he can’t handle it,’ he said. Mr. Kemal, you still have not learned this policy. ‘I will impose sanctions on Russia,’ he says. Many countries in Europe said so, then put the reverse gear. Such a state cannot be ruled. The ties must not be cut. I am also a friend of the US leader, and a friend of the Russian leader. I am also friends with those in the West who are vindictive towards us. Right now Biden is friendly enough to visit me at my house. But statements made by him offend me. On the other hand, I have never cut off my relations with Mr. Putin because the USA does not view Russia positively. How can I cut ties with a country with which I have such cooperation? Mr. Kemal, you are on the wrong track. There is no such approach from Russia towards Turkey. Unfortunately, the Westerners wanted a Türkiye that they held captive. Looking from here, it becomes clear whose candidate Kılıçdaroğlu is,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned in his feedback to journalists throughout a dwell broadcast.
In Türkiye, the presidential and parliamentary elections will happen on May 14.
On the presidential poll, voters will select between Erdoğan, Kılıçdaroğlu, and Sinan Ogan of the ATA Alliance. Muharrem Ince, one other presidential contender, withdrew from the race on Thursday.
When requested about criticism that he wouldn’t go away the workplace following an opposition election win, Erdogan mentioned that he would think about any consequence that comes out of the poll field as “legitimate.”
Earlier on Friday, Erdoğan blasted Kılıçdaroğlu over his remarks on Russia.
Kılıçdaroğlu “is attacking (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and Russia,” Erdogan advised a youth occasion in Istanbul.
Recalling a 2019 interview by US President Joe Biden who mentioned the US may assist opposition components in Türkiye to alter the tide of political developments, Erdogan mentioned: “But you are helpless, loser.”
“But when you attack Putin now, I’m sorry, I won’t accept it,” he mentioned.
“Because our relations with Russia are not behind our relations with the US at the moment,” he mentioned, including that Türkiye‘s international commerce quantity with Russia is greater than the US.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
