Six Turkish opposition parties are stepping up collaboration in their bid to unseat Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party in the 2023 elections, raising pressure on the president as opinion polls point to dwindling support for his ruling alliance.
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Broadening the coordination which helped them deal a blow to Erdogan in local elections in 2019, the parties plan weekly meetings to agree on shared principles by year-end, those involved in the talks said.
"The opposition in Turkey is trying something that has never been tried before: getting united to confront the government," political commentator Murat Yetkin said.
Opinion polls show the AK Party at around 31-33%, down from 42.6% in the 2018 parliamentary election, and its nationalist MHP ally on 8-9%, down from 11.1%, levels which would lead to Erdogan losing control of parliament in the next election.
