President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said the main opposition party was attempting to mask its own errors and mislead the public through "theatrics," in his first remarks on the detention of Istanbul's mayor, APA reports citing Daily Sabah.
Erdoğan accused the opposition of failing to respond to the allegations with evidence or legal arguments.
"The opposition's attempts to present their internal conflicts or legal issues as the country's foremost problem are the height of hypocrisy," he said during an iftar, a fast-breaking meal, in the capital, Ankara.