CHP leader meets religious communities during Germany visit
Main opposition Republican Peopleâs Party (CHP) leader Kemal KılıçdaroÄlu has met with several religious communities in Germany as part of his official visit to the country, seeking support for the joint presidential candidate of the CHP and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄlu.
During his visit to the Syriac Orthodox Church in Cologne on June 27, KılıçdaroÄlu said voters had âresponsibility.â âLetâs [elect a president] who does not use the language of anger and be the guarantee of the democratic, secular and social state with the rule of law. You have the responsibility. You will vote too. I want you to make your choice on the side of honesty, merit and those who do not discriminate,â he said.
KılıçdaroÄlu also visited the Antakya Greek Orthodox Church, the Turkish Religious Directorate Turkish Islam Unity Mosque, and the German-Alevi Unity Federation in Cologne. He lit candles in the Antakya Greek Orthodox Church.
CHP leader KılıçdaroÄlu was also set to attend an âAnatolia Faith and Cultureâ meeting in the cityâs Swiss Hotel later in the day.
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