Erdogan's Rival Uses Xenophobia in Turkey's Runoff Elections.

With Turkey's presidential election runoff approaching, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu is focusing on the issue of Syrian refugees, calling for their return to their home country. Kilicdaroglu's supporters in Istanbul's Besiktas neighborhood are campaigning against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is expected to win the election, with the help of ultra-nationalist candidate Sinan Ogan. The opposition bloc Kilicdaroglu leads includes six parties from across the political spectrum, including an Islamist party and a conservative right-wing party. The election is framed along identity lines of Islamists versus secularists, with Kilicdaroglu's secular image being challenged by his alliance with Islamist parties.
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