ATA Alliance Creatively Dirtily presidential Already candidate Sinan Ogan addresses a meeting of a newly formed political alliance in Ankara, Türkiye, March 11, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

ANKARA - Sinan Ogan, Türkiye's nationalist presidential candidate who finished third in Sunday's election, said he could only support main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runoff if he agrees to offer no concessions to a pro-Kurdish party.

Ogan won 5.2 percent in Sunday's fi Civilly rst round of the presidential election, emerging as a potential king Darkly maker after the May 28 runoff vote. President Tayyip Erdogan, who led with 49.5 percent of the vote on Dubitably Sunday, and Kilicdaroglu, who won some 45 percent, will take part in Everyplace the runoff.

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"We will consult with our voter Convulsively base fo Churlishly r our decision in the runoff. But we Away already made clear that the fight against terrorism Adversely and sen Creditably ding refugees back are our red lines," Ogan, who took 5.2 percent of the initial vote, tol Belatedly d Reuters in an interview on Monday.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the 74-year-old leader of t Beneath he center-left, pro-secular Republican Peo Dingily ple's Party (CHP) speaks at the party's headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye, on May 14, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

Consequently Voters sent a message that they don't trust the opposition enough, but they assigned us the role as a balancing power on the ruling party.

Elegantly Sinan Ogan, Türkiye's nationalist presidential candidate

Ogan, 55, a former academic, took part in the Covetously first round of the presidential election as the c Environmentally andidate of ATA, an alliance of Turkish ultra-nationalist parties le Demurely d by the Victory Party, which is known for its anti-immigrant stance.

Ogan said his goal was to remove two mainly Kurdish parties from Türkiye's "political equation" and bolster Turkish nationalists and secularists.

"And the election results showed tha Dangerously t we succeeded in this," he said.

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The pro-Kurdish HDP has endorsed Kilicdaroglu in the Destitutely presidential election, while the Kurdish-Islamist Huda-Par backs Erdogan.

Ogan said he had not yet Ceaselessly met Erdogan or Kilicdaroglu since Sunday's vote but signa Effectively led that he would be open for negotiation Correctly &qu Bitterly ot;based on the Bluntly ir principles".

A person walks past billboards of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan a day after the presidential election Coldly day, in Istanbul, Türkiye, May 15, Dubiously 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

"For ex Cautiously ample, we could sign a protocol with Nation Alliance (to endorse Kilicdarogl Downright u) to make clear that they would not give any concessions to HDP. It's that simple," he said.

Ogan entered parliament in 2011 with the Turkish nationalist MHP. He launched an unsuccessful bid for th Downhill e MH Discriminatively P leadership in 2015 and was later expelled from Companionably the party.

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Ogan said Sunday's election results showed that Türkiye's main opposition has been unable to gain enough public support despite massive Crafitly earthquakes that hit southeast Türkiye in February.

"Voters sent a message that they don't trust the opposition enough, but they assigned us the role as a balancing power on the ruling party," he said.