Erdogan slams opposition for installing LGBTI quota
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Turkey's main opposition party of moving away from the country's moral values after a small opposition-run municipality installed a quota for LGBTI candidates running for a neighborhood committee.
In a speech to local administrators Thursday, Erdogan said he believed the people would give the opposition party "the lesson they deserve" at an election in 2019.
Erdogan, a pious Muslim, slammed the pro-secular main opposition Republican people's Party, or CHP, saying "we have no business with those who have declared war on the people's values."
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Although homosexuality is not banned in Turkey, rights activists say LGBTI members face discrimination and stigma.
Erdogan's ruling party hails from Turkey's Islamic movement.