US interfering in Türkiye’s elections – Ankara

Washington’s coup attempt in 2016 failed, but it has now found a new way to try to oust the government… The US is meddling in Türkiye’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, Ankara’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed on Friday. Speaking to CNN Turk, Soylu weighed in on the decision by presidential candidate Muharrem Ince, who leads the opposition Homeland Party, to drop out of the race on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s vote. Ince attributed his withdrawal to a “slander campaign,” which involved the release of an alleged sex tape that he dismissed as fake. The withdrawal of Ince came amid fears among opposition figures that his candidacy could damage the electoral chances of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the CHP party chairman, who has emerged as the main rival to incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Soylu claimes: “America has been interfering in this election from the very beginning. [US President Joe] Biden said that we weren’t able to do this with a coup in 2016….