Erdoğan kept his seat thanks to the bankruptcy of the bourgeois opposition, but he is heading for a clash with the working class amid NATO’s war on Russia.
The continued support of the HDP and the pseudo-left parties for Kılıçdaroğlu as an “alternative” to Erdoğan, despite his campaign’s pro-imperialist and xenophobic character, exposes their own political bankruptcy.
Opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s campaign against Russia underlines how workers’ social aspirations and opposition to war find no expression in the official election campaign.
The Workers’ Party of Turkey, which announced its support for Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the bourgeois opposition, is setting a new political trap for workers and youth.
While Istanbul’s municipal government is not taking any precautions against an expected major earthquake, scientists are sounding the alarm over the dangers.