Erdogan Challenger Vows to Probe Turkey Bourse, Economy Data
- Kilicdaroglu says if elected, team will probe, assess damage
- Economy is in the spotlight of election after inflation crisis
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Turkey’s main opposition leader has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government of covering up the true state of the economy and the country’s finances, capping his campaign with a jolting message before a closely contested vote later this week.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential candidate of a six-party opposition alliance, framed the incumbent administration in unsparing terms, suggesting official economic data is untrustworthy and calling for a probe into Turkey’s stock exchange that he said had been turned “into a robbery tool.”