Lights go out on Erdogan rival who refused to pay soaring power bills

FILE PHOTO: Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey February 18, 2022. . REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

ANKARA (Reuters) - The leader of Turkey's main opposition party said on Thursday that he will sit in the dark for a week after power had been cut at his home as he refused to pay his bills in protest of steep hikes in subsidised energy prices.

A currency crisis late last year sent inflation soaring and prompted the government to raise prices of everything from gas and electricity to road tolls, alcohol, bus fares and petrol in January.