Turkey’s opposition bloc renews commitment to principles after split

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The five remaining leaders of Turkey’s opposition alliance renewed their commitment to its original principles on Saturday after one of the group’s main members quit in disagreement over the candidate for presidential elections in May. “The alliance is determined to continue its work in the same direction, in line with its foundation principles and objectives,” the five said in a statement after holding a five-hour meeting. The public split on Friday in the alliance of opposition parties followed months of simmering discord in the group, and was seen by analysts as a blow t…

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