Pro-Kurdish parties reaffirm support for opposition in Turkey runoff


FILE PHOTO: Pro-Kurdish Green Left Party supporters attend a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Diyarbakir, Turkey May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish parties on Thursday affirmed their support for opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in this weekend's runoff election without naming him, a day after expressing anger at his deal with a far right party.

Tayyip Erdogan came out comfortably ahead in the first round vote on May 14, despite the pro-Kurdish HDP's endorsement of Kilicdaroglu. Though the president fell a bit short of the 50% support needed to avoid this Sunday's vote.

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