A pro-Kurdish party that is the third-largest in parliament has so far been excluded from the alliance and said it might field its own candidate.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/national/general-election/2932870/erdogan-announces-turkish-elections-to-be-held-on-may-14.html

He portrayed Kilicdaroglu, who had received the backing of the country’s pro-Kurdish party, of colluding with “terrorists” and of supporting what he called “deviant” LGBTQ rights.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/erdogans-votes-dip-turkey-headed-runoff-presidential-race-99323541

His informal alliance with a pro-Kurdish party left him exposed to charges from Erdogan of working with “terrorists.”

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/polls-open-in-turkey-as-erdogan-seeks-third-decade-of-rule-in-presidential-runoff/

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party endorsed Kilicdaroglu in the first round but, after his move to win nationalist votes, it did not explicitly name him and just urged voters to reject Erdogan’s “one-man regime”.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/28/turkey-votes-in-runoff-election-erdogan-positioned-to-extend-rule/