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Jailed Kurdish leader to challenge Erdogan in polls | Jordan Times

Jailed Kurdish leader to challenge Erdogan in polls

By AFP - May 03,2018 - Last updated at May 03,2018

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican People’s Party, (CHP) delivers a speech during his party’s group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on Wednesday (AFP photo)

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Wednesday said its charismatic former leader Selahattin Demirtas would challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in polls next month even though he is currently jailed.

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