Leader of Istanbul chapter of the opposition Republican People's Party Canan Kaftancioglu responded to criticism of pro-government media.

The Turkish politician said that Erdogan was afraid that her election would deprive him of votes in Istanbul, and therefore he initiated dirty attacks of the media, Cumhuriyet reported.

Speaking about her support for the leader of the Kurdish party Selahatin Demirtas, Kaftancioglu said it was not a problem and she welcomes Demirtas. As to her tweet about the Armenian Genocide, she stressed that she wrote the word Genocide, and the event was called the march for the Armenian Genocide victims.