Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chief rival to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, makes claims in advance of presidential poll on Sunday

Turkey’s leading opposition candidate has accused Russia of election interference days before the country’s most consequential vote in a generation.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Republican People’s party (CHP), the chief rival to incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, accused Russia of concocting deepfake videos and false material, seemingly a reference to an allegedly fake sex tape of candidate Muharrem İnce, released a day before he dropped out of the race.

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