Turkey: Erdogan’s accusations against his opponents and the “paper” of Hagia Sophia

As the presidential elections approach Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to gain ground against his political opponents by pulling out all the stops. Yes, the Turkish president he did not rule out the possibility of the procedure taking place before June 18.

Alongside, he made out with Meral Aksenerwho leads the third party based on opinion polls, even using Hagia Sophia as an example to show that his government is one of works and not of promises.

“They said, he said, that we would not dare to make Hagia Sophia a mosque, but we did it”said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, among others.

Imamoglou remains in the spotlight

An opposition candidate may not have been officially anointed, but Ekrem Imamoglu is seen as his rival Recep Tayyip Erdoganwith the pro-government press accusing him of being “phil-Hellenic”, recalling his earlier statements about our country, as well as his meetings with Greek officials.

“The Greek’s love for Ekrem and Ekrem’s love for the Greek”, they say in Turkey mockingly. They accuse him of does not react when called “mayor of Istanbul” and not Istanbul.

“He always smiles and accepts the Greeks here as his brothers”they say while talking about a strongly pro-Greek profile of Imamoglu and even the visit of the mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, was seen with half an eye in Turkey.

As they typically point out, he came to support Ekrem Imamoglu, at a time when Greece shows its insolence and constantly threatens Turkey. The goal is to hit Imamoglu on his… patriotism, something they attempted even after his election as mayor of Istanbul, without much results. But the climate now is even more polarizing and much more sensitive.