{"id":14020,"date":"2023-05-11T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daric-persian.com\/?p=14020"},"modified":"2023-05-11T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:22:19","slug":"turkey-opposition-candidate-muharrem-ince-pulls-out-of-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daric-persian.com\/?p=14020","title":{"rendered":"Turkey opposition candidate Muharrem Ince pulls out of presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Turkey opposition candidate Muharrem Ince pulls out of presidential election<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Muharrem Ince at a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. <\/em>  –  Copyright  AP\/Copyright 2021 The AP. All rights reserved<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Muharrem Ince, the leader of Turkey’s centre-left Homeland Party, has pulled out of the May 14 presidential election, giving a potential boost to incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan’s main challenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A candidate in Turkey’s presidential election announced Thursday that he is withdrawing from the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muharrem Ince, the leader of the centre-left Homeland Party, was one of four contenders running for president in the May 14 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is likely to bolster President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main challenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had come under intense criticism for splintering the votes of the six-party Nation Alliance, which has united behind the candidacy of main opposition party leader Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu, and for possibly forcing the presidential race into a second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am withdrawing from the race,\u201d Ince told reporters. \u201cI am doing this for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ince had polled around 8% of the votes when his candidacy was first announced, but his popularity ratings have since dropped to around 2%, according to opinion surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ince, however, said the Homeland Party, which he formed in 2021, would still run in the parliamentary elections, and he called for votes for the party \u201cfrom each household.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 58-year-old former physics teacher had previously run against Erdo\u011fan in presidential elections in 2018 under the ticket of Kilicdaroglu’s main opposition party, CHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 He had garnered around 30% of the votes but later broke away from the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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