President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed the opposition’s calls for snap polls and said elections would be held as scheduled in 2023, Turkish media reports.
Speaking to the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) provincial heads at a meeting at party headquarters in Ankara, Erdoğan said it is "primitive" to hold elections every 15 to 20 months.
“As the People’s Alliance, we will win the presidency and have a majority in Parliament and will further break our record in the 2023 June elections,” the president said.
Noting that the AK Party has won all elections since its foundation, Erdoğan said the party's success is rare among world democracies.
His remarks came in response to the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)-led Nation Alliance’s demands to hold snap polls. The opposition alliance had also been requesting a return to the parliamentary system.
The exchange rate of the lira against the dollar has been falling since the beginning of November. As of November 23, it fell from 9.55 to 12.27 against the US dollar. In this situation, the representatives of the opposition parties in Turkey call for snap elections.
