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Umongameli waseTurkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan NgeSonto uzongena esontweni lokugcina ngaphambi kokhetho oluyingqophamlando njengentandokazi enkulu yokwelula iminyaka engamashumi amabili yombuso wakhe ogxile ku-Islam kuze kube ngu-2028.
Umholi wezwe uKemal Kilicdaroglu unikeze abaphikisayo ukusebenza okuhle kakhulu kwenkathi ebusayo ka-Erdogan Meyi 14 ephalamende kanye nokuvota kukamongameli.
Isikhulu esesathatha umhlalaphansi sozalo lwamaKurdish Alevi saphula imigoqo yobuzwe kanye nokubamba kuka-Erdogan kwabezindaba nezikhungo zombuso ukuze azuze cishe amaphesenti angama-45 amavoti.
FUNDA FUTHI: I-Turkey ilungiselela ukugijima okubalulekile ngemuva kwedrama yokhetho
Kepha u-Erdogan usangene ngaphakathi kwengxenye yephuzu lokudlula umkhawulo wamaphesenti angama-50 adingekayo ukuze anqobe emzuliswaneni wokuqala.
Lo mholi oneminyaka engu-69 ubudala ukwenzile naphezu kwesimo esibi kakhulu somnotho eTurkey kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990 kanye nocwaningo lwemibono olumkhombisa ukuthi uphokophele ukwehlulwa kwakhe okokuqala okhethweni lukazwelonke.
Manje u-Kilicdaroglu uzodinga ukuhlanganisa amabutho akhe ahlanjululwe futhi anqobe izingqinamba futhi ukuze abuyisele amandla eqembu lezwe elibusa iTurkey ingxenye enkulu yekhulu lama-20.
I-Eurasia Group consultancy ibeke amathuba ka-Erdogan okuwina ngeSonto elizayo ngamaphesenti angu-80.
“Kuzoba umzukuzuku ku-Kilicdaroglu emzuliswaneni wesibili,” u-Hamish Kinnear wenkampani yezeluleko yaseVerisk Maplecroft uvumile.
‘Izigidi zama-patriots’
U-Erdogan ugibele igagasi lobuzwe elibone amaqembu amancane aphiko lwesokudla ethatha cishe amaphesenti angama-25 evoti elifanayo lephalamende.
U-Kilicdaroglu uthanda laba bavoti emzuliswaneni wesibili kamongameli.
OKUhlobene: U-Erdogan uzwakala eqala isibhamu emkhankasweni wokhetho
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-74 ubudala ulungise iqembu lakhe lokukhankasa futhi waklebhula incwadi yakhe yokudlala isonto elibi kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe wezepolitiki.
Ushintshe iziqeshana zezingxoxo abejwayele ukuzirekhoda ekhishini lakhe ngezinkulumo ezihlabayo kanye nezithembiso zokususa iTurkey izigidi zabafuduki.
“Uma nje ngingena emandleni, ngizobathumela ekhaya bonke ababaleki,” esho enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala ngemva kokhetho.
Ujahe ukugunyazwa komuntu odume kancane olwela ubuzwe, amavoti akhe amancane aphushe iTurkey kukhetho lokuqala lukamongameli.
Futhi uziphendulele ngezinsolo zika-Erdogan zokuthi ubezihlanganisa “namaphekula” – okuyigama eliyimfihlo lamaqembu amaKurd alwela ukuzimela okubanzi eningizimu-mpumalanga yeTurkey.
“Sinezigidi zabantu abathanda izwe okufanele sifinyelele kuzo,” kusho u-Kilicdaroglu.
Kepha ukujika okubukhali kukaKilicdaroglu kwesokudla kungafakazela imali eningi ngabavoti abavela ezifundeni zamaKurdish abameseke kakhulu emzuliswaneni wokuqala.
AmaKurds amukele u-Erdogan phakathi neminyaka eyishumi yokuqala ephethe ngoba wasebenzela ukuphakamisa imingcele yabo eminingi yezenhlalakahle.
Bamjikela ngesikhathi u-Erdogan enza umfelandawonye wakhe namabutho ezwe laseTurkey futhi eqala ukukhipha isisulu ngemuva kokusinda emzamweni wokuketula umbuso owahluleka ngo-2016.
Iphimbo lika-Kilicdaroglu elisha neligqame kakhulu lokushisekela ubuzwe linanela inkathi yezwe lapho amaKurds – akha ingxenye yesihlanu yabantu baseTurkey – aphucwa amalungelo ayisisekelo.
‘Inkinga yemali enzima’
Izimpi zezombangazwe zihambisana nesiphithiphithi semakethe esaqala lapho sekubonakala ukuthi u-Erdogan usendleleni yokugcina amandla akhe.
Iminyaka yakamuva yaseTurkey ihlaselwe yizinxushunxushu zezomnotho ezisule izinzuzo eziningi zokubusa kuka-Erdogan okunethezeka kakhudlwana.
Iningi lezinkinga zisukela ekulweni kuka-Erdogan ngentshiseko nezilinganiso zenzalo – indlela abanye abahlaziyi abayihlanganisa nokunamathela kwakhe emithethweni yamaSulumane emelene nokulobola.
“Nginombono wokuthi amanani enzalo kanye nokwehla kwamandla emali kuhlobene,” etshela i-CNN kuleli sonto.
“Uma izinga lenzalo liphansi, ukwehla kwamandla emali kuzokwehla.”
Ukuthembela kwezimakethe kwezomnotho okuvamile kufake ingcindezi enkulu ku-lira.
Idatha kahulumeni ibonise ukuthi imali yaseTurkey yamazwe angaphandle – inyuswe ngosizo oluvela kuma-Arabs – yehla ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-9 futhi yafinyelela emazingeni aphansi kakhulu eminyakeni engu-21 ngesonto elisondela ekuvoteni komzuliswano wokuqala.
Abahlaziyi bacabanga ukuthi iningi lemali yachithwa emizamweni yokuxhasa i-lira ekuweni okubukhali nokuzwela kakhulu kwezepolitiki.
“Manje kunengozi enkulu yokuthi ukunqoba kuka-Erdogan kungaholela ekungazinzini komnotho omkhulu eTurkey, kuhlanganise nosongo lwenkinga yemali enzima,” kuxwayisa i-Capital Economic.
‘Ubudlelwano obukhethekile noPutin’
Kodwa u-Erdogan uveze ukuzethemba kusukela ngomzuliswano wokuqala.
Uklolodele ukuvukela umbuso kwembangi yakhe futhi wanamathela kwezinye zezinqubomgomo zakhe eziyimpikiswano – okuhlanganisa nobudlelwano obuqinile noMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin.
Ithuba lika-Erdogan elibheke eRussia lisize ekutholeni usizo lwezigidigidi zamadola kubhili omkhulu wamandla waseTurkey.
“IRussia neTurkey bayadingana kuyo yonke imikhakha engenzeka,” kusho u-Erdogan etshela i-CNN.
Uphinde wathi isimo sakhe “sokulinganisela” ngakuPutin samsiza ukuthi axoxisane ngesivumelwano esisekelwa yi-UN neRussia lapho i-Ukraine yavunyelwa ukuthi iphinde iqale ukuthumela okusanhlamvu kwamanye amazwe.
“Lokhu kwenzeke ngenxa yobudlelwano bethu obukhethekile noMongameli uPutin,” kusho u-Erdogan.
Ubuye wahleka usulu amazwi ka-2019 kaMongameli wase-US u-Joe Biden – okhunjulwa ngabalingani baka-Erdogan phakathi nomkhankaso – ebiza u-Erdogan “ngombuso”.
“Ingabe umashiqela angangena okhethweni lwesibili?” Kubuza u-Erdogan.
MANJE FUNDA: U-Erdogan ucela u-Putin ukuthi amemezele ‘uhlangothi olulodwa’ lwase-Ukraine ukuyeka ukudubula
