Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the US Ambassador to Ankara, who had previously met with the unified opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the 14 May elections, that his doors were closed.
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of Turkey’s seven opposition parties, met with US Ambassador Jeffrey Flake at the initiative of the ambassador, the candidate’s foreign policy adviser Ünal Çevikez told RIA Novosti earlier.
“Joe Biden’s ambassador is visiting Bai Kemal. Shame on you, think with your mind. You are the ambassador. Your interlocutor is the president here. With what face will you stand up and ask for an appointment with the president? Our doors,” Erdogan told Star newspaper, “It is closed to him, He can’t enter anymore. Why? Let him know where he is.”
According to him, the American diplomat “must know his place”.
“Tell him how the ambassador should work. If he does not know this, he cannot enter through this door,” Erdogan said.
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey will be held on 14 May. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the only candidate of the opposition “People Alliance”, is the main rival of the incumbent President Tayyip Erdoğan, who is the sole candidate of the “Republican Alliance”. Memleket party leader Muharrem İnce and Ata alliance candidate Sinan Ogan are also participating in the elections.
The pre-election research results do not yet reveal the favorite between Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu in the upcoming elections, but experts point out that the current election process will be the most difficult for the ruling party due to devastating earthquakes that cost lives. More than 50 thousand people, as well as difficult economic situation.