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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party opposition
alliance, won 45% support in Sunday's vote while Erdogan got
49.5%, falling just short of the majority needed to avoid a
runoff vote.
Kilicdaroglu's latest comments came amid expectations that a
third candidate in the presidential race would announce his
decision for the runoff.
Sinan Ogan, a nationalist politician endorsed by an anti-refugee
party obtained 5.2%, which made him a kingmaker in the runoff
vote.
Addressing his party members at his Republican People's Party
(CHP) headquarters, Kilicdaroglu maintained his defiant tone
against Erdogan's policies on migration.
"Erdogan, you have deliberately allowed 10 million refugees to
Turkey. You even put Turkish citizenship on sale to get imported
votes," Kilicdaroglu said, without providing evidence.
Turkey hosts the world's largest refugee population of around 4
million, according to official figures.
"I am announcing here: I will send all refugees back home once I
am elected as president, period," he added.
In his election campaign, Kilicdaroglu had said they had plans
to send Syrians in Turkey back home within two years after
making a deal with Syrian President Bashar al Assad for their
safety and coordinating with the U.N.
(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; Editing by Ece Toksabay and)
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