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Opposition leader Ali Babacan votes

Ali Babacan, opposition leader and chairman of the Democracy and Progress Party (Deva), posted a photo of himself casting his vote this morning with the caption: "Good luck for our country."


Babacan, a member of the Table of Six opposition alliance which aims to oust Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power, was a former ally of the president.

He quit the ruling AK Party in 2019 over differences about its direction and formed the Deva (Remedy) Party. He was also in charge of the economy under Erdogan and was well regarded by foreign investors at the time.