![]() ![]() The opposition leader holds a narrow lead in the polls, which suggest the vote may advance to a second round later in the month. Now heading a six-party opposition coalition, he has also worked to garner support from Turkey’s marginalised Kurdish community, which resulted in him being given a hero’s welcome in Kurdish-majority towns. ![]() His ascent to presidential candidate has taken decades, galvanised through a 280-mile (450km) march from Ankara to Istanbul in 2017 to protest against arrests following a 2016 coup attempt. ![]() Photograph: Bradley SeckerĪ member of Turkey’s Alevi religious minority, Kılıçdaroğlu’s candidacy is considered boundary-breaking. People make a heart symbol around the banner of Turkey’s opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. ![]()
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