Ambassador: Moscow did not give grounds for accusations of interference in Turkish elections

Ambassador: Moscow did not give grounds for accusations of interference in Turkish elections



Russia did not give any grounds for accusations of interfering in the presidential elections in Turkey, said Russian Ambassador to Ankara Alexei Yerkhov.

“I must mention the fact that there was a lot of speculation about the notorious Russian interference in the so-called Turkish elections. Although, I want to emphasize this in particular, we did not give absolutely no reasons for this, ”- leads his words to RIA Novosti.

On May 11, the leader of the Turkish opposition and a participant in the second round of the presidential elections, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, accused Russia of interfering in the electoral process and, in particular, of spreading fake news about him. The reason for the accusations against Russia was a video shown by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 7. In the video, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, recognized in Turkey as a terrorist, Murat Karayil, calls to vote for Kılıçdaroğlu. Subsequently, the Deutsche Welle publication (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) stated that the video was a fake.

On May 12, Erdogan urged Kılıçdaroğlu to “be ashamed” of these words. The Kremlin then said that Russia does not interfere in the internal affairs and electoral processes of other countries.

On May 28, the second round of presidential elections took place in Turkey. According to the results of counting 100% of the votes, Erdogan received 51.91%, and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroglu - 48.09% with a turnout of 85.72%. On May 14, when the first round of the presidential elections took place, they won 49.5% and 44.8% of the vote, respectively. It was decided to organize a second round after none of the candidates on May 14 passed the mark of 50% of the votes required to win in the first round.



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