The pre-election rally of the opposition candidate in Turkey, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in Izmir was magnificent today, with over 1 million people gathered on the historic waterfront of the city, a stronghold of Kemalism.
After they spoke all 6 leaders of the National Alliance, in the end Kemal Kilicdaroglu appeared, who tried to send a message of "restoring democracy" in Turkey, if the opposition wins.
"These elections are elections where young people will show themselves. This election is elections to rebuild democracy. This election is an election to build a beautiful Turkey, where no child will go to bed hungry. These elections are elections that will ensure equality between men and women. These elections are not elections of separation but of embrace, not of conflict but of reconciliation. This election is an election of embrace, not division. “These elections are elections to bring democracy to Turkey,” said the chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
Earlier, the floor was taken by Meral Aksener, the leader of the far-right Good Party (IYI), who sent a message of resistance against the "Erdogan occupation" from the city, which some people call "Giaurisa", as he said, because they don't know history.
"Those who don't know about history call Smyrna Giaurisa, those who don't know the Smyrna of Chakabei (p.s. . old conqueror of Smyrna), her name is Smyrna Gyourisa!
You know, on the night of May 14th, if we win, we will be conquerors. Smyrna, which put an end to the occupation (of the Greeks), Smyrna, which I see here today, has made its decision.
Those who call Smyrna Giourisa, also called the founders of the Republic drunkards» ?, he said meaningfully.
In Smyrna, the so-called ‘heavy artillery’ of the opposition, the mayors of Istanbul and Ankara, to strengthen the pulse.
In his speech, Ekrem Imamoglu also refuted the claims, which the government has been making lately, that if the opposition wins, it will be as if the West has staged a coup in Turkey, reacting, like Meral Aksener before, in a disparaging way: "If they win the elections, then this is the national will, if the National Alliance wins, then it is a coup! Get out of here! Get out of here! Get out of here!».
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