Turkey's Kilicdaroglu exits Erodogan's shadow in election race

FILE PHOTO: Kemal?Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, is flanked by his wife Selvi Kilicdaroglu as he greets his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Izmir, Turkey April 30, 2023. Alp Eren Kaya/Republican People's Party/Handout via REUTERS

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Stuck in Tayyip Erdogan's shadow throughout his career, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu believes his time has come to set Turkey on a new path and roll back much of the legacy of the man who has dominated politics for two decades.

An alliance of six opposition parties named the earnest and sometimes feisty former civil servant as its candidate to take on Erdogan in the May 14 elections, which are seen as perhaps the most consequential in the country's modern history.