Turkish opposition calls Erdogan a 'fabricator' over doctored video


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  • Tuesday, 23 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters as he arrives for a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ANKARA (Reuters) -The man challenging for the Turkish presidency has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of being a "fabricator" after he cited a doctored video to allege opposition links to an outlawed militant Kurdish group ahead of a runoff election on Sunday.

Erdogan repeated the allegation and referred to the doctored video, splicing footage of Kemal Kilicdaroglu and a Kurdish militant, in an interview with state broadcaster TRT late on Monday, despite having been criticised by the opposition for showing it earlier in his campaign.

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