According to the Kremlin’s spokesman, Kemal Kilicdaroglu won’t be able to provide proof of Moscow’s alleged election intervention.
According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Russia vehemently refutes accusations that it is interfering in Turkey’s presidential election. In addition, he questioned Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the opposition candidate in Turkey, on his capacity to provide any evidence to support the charges.
In remarks made on Saturday, Peskov reaffirmed that Russia absolutely rejects “accusations of interfering in the Turkish elections.”
As for Kilicdaroglu’s promise to provide proof of the claimed interference, the Kremlin official stressed that “he won’t be able to do that because there is, in fact, none.”
Peskov asserts that the opposition candidate’s assertions disappoint the Russian leadership since they contradict Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s goal of strengthening ties with Moscow and go against his vision for the modern Turkish state.
Russia “will respect the choice of the Turkish people,” he continued.
Insisting that Russia has a policy of not interfering in other nations’ elections, Peskov made identical claims on Friday.
Continuing, he asserted that individuals who “provided Mr. Kilicdaroglu with this information” are “liars.”
On Twitter last week, the head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) said that Russian agents were behind for the “montages, conspiracies, deep fakes, and tapes” that were going through the nation. Kilicdaroglu cautioned his “Russian friends” to keep their “hands off Türkiye.”
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is classified as a terrorist organization in Turkey, was allegedly linked to Kilicdaroglu in footage that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is running for reelection, showed supporters earlier this month.
The opposing candidate rejected the video as being false.
On Friday, in response to reports that Russia meddled in the election, Erdogan attacked Kilicdaroglu for his assertions and said that the West was attempting to manipulate the vote.
Suleyman Soylu, the interior minister, also charged that the US had “interfered in this election from the very beginning.”
On Sunday, polling places opened, with predictions of a close contest between Kilicdaroglu and Erdogan.
