Demirtaş and Kilicdaroglu attack Erdogan and his party… Here’s what they said
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has hit out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party over their international stance and hostility towards some countries that stood with his country in relief work after the devastating earthquake.
Demirtaş said on Twitter that the countries that Erdogan had antagonized and threatened to “invade overnight” were the first to help Turkey following the devastating earthquake.
Demirtaş expressed his gratitude to those countries that joined Turkey in the devastating Kahramanmaraş earthquake disaster, saying: “Thanks in all the languages of the world to the allies who share Turkey’s wounds.”
Greece, which Erdogan has made numerous threats against recently, France and Armenia sent teams to participate in ongoing search and rescue work for the tenth day in a row, and provided humanitarian aid to the earthquake victims. The Greek Foreign Minister was the first to visit Turkey after the devastating earthquake.
Separately, Turkey’s opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said it was no longer acceptable for President Recep Erdogan to remain in power.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose term expires in months, demanded during his visit to the quake region that he be given a year to rebuild the devastated area.
The Turkish president said: “I am confident that we will complete this matter in a short period. I want you to give me one year.”
For his part, the head of the Republican People’s Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, posted a tweet on Twitter, in which he addressed Erdogan, saying: “We gave you the rule of this country for 20 years. Thanks to you, a coup took place. And you made the country need five face masks during the Corona pandemic, and forests burned and no firefighting planes were provided”.
He added: “The economy was destroyed and the country collapsed during the earthquake. We will not give you another year, not even one more day. We will not tolerate further failure. Don’t be afraid of elections.”
Turkey is expected to witness this year’s elections. Reports say that it is possible to postpone the elections from the previously scheduled date of May 14, due to the earthquake that claimed the lives of 32 thousand people.
