Turkiye's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Western media's manipulation regarding the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkiye is a realization of the US' plan, a Turkish newspaper reported.
In the spring of 2023, weeks ahead of Turkiye's presidential election, a number of US and European media published their coverage of the upcoming vote, slamming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a dictator and tyrant.
On May 3, Soylu explained that the United States would attempt a presidential coup during the upcoming election in order to finish what was started in July 2016, when a failed attempt to remove Erdogan from office took place, which Soylu also blamed on the US.
The minister also accused the US of being behind the military coups in Turkiye in 1960 and 1971.
"The plan by the US intensifies actively. The reason of Western media's interference is the realization of the US's plan," Soylu stated.
According to the interior minister, the West has infiltrated Turkiye's political system since 1960.
"Tayyip Erdogan has eliminated all these Western intrusions. Now, the West started to push its vision [on Turkiye]. With our victory in the 2023 election, a hundred-year stability will begin. They see it. There is no election a US ambassador would not like to control... They say Turkiye's geopolitical priorities do not meet [Western] interests... Turkiye did not accept the US's mandate," Soylu added.
"They have been trying to take revenge for it for 104 years. Everyone is aware of it."
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