Turkey’s Ince galvanizes opposition hopes in presidential race
Muharrem Ince, the main opposition candidate in Turkey’s presidential polls, has put up a performance beyond expectations, spurring hope in opposition ranks that defeating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might be within reach.
IZMIR, Turkey — Stabbing the air with his finger, Muharrem Ince strides along the roof of his campaign bus and tells a provincial crowd that the fortune President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent on his new palace in Ankara could have built 100,000 houses.
“And now he’s building a summer palace of 300 rooms in Marmaris,” Ince adds, provoking a loud boo from the crowd in Kemalpasa, western Turkey.
