Inflation in Türkiye and Erdoğan’s populist actions

According to the report of the International Group Tasnim news, Turkey is in an economic crisis and the Justice and Development Party led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, now like twenty years ago, is efficient and effective in solving people’s problems. not capable

Many Turkish political analysts believe that They believe that the ruling party, in addition to being tired and clumsy and unable to carry out purposeful and effective activities, has become a prisoner of populism in every sense of the word and has no purpose other than propaganda and maintaining the status quo.

The party that in 2002, with a stormy and stunning victory took over, now it is unable to control the prices and the monthly salaries of millions of citizens of this country are even lower than the hunger line.

In addition, major crises Such as widespread unemployment, drought, inefficiency of the judiciary, foreign borrowing, inefficiency of foreign policy and a serious deficit in foreign trade, have put the two important partners of the president’s coalition, Erdoğan and Baghçeli, in a very difficult situation. But apparently this condition, nothing better than populism, can act as a good pacifier.

Of course, wherever necessary, Erdogan also emphasizes that all the inhabitants of the planet are suffering from inflation. He recently announced that “this is the highest inflation rate in the last seventy years in the world, and we are no exception to this rule.” I know that some of our salary earners in some cities have problems to pay the rent”. , Turkey, ” src=”https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/09/07/1402090717235343528870114.jpg”/>

At a time when Erdogan’s critics emphasize the inefficiency and deadlock in the internal and foreign policy of the Justice and Development Party, he announced that this party There is no problem and the next hundred years in the world will be called the century of Turkey and only his party can make this goal possible.

Erdogan: Landlords, where has your fairness gone?

A few days ago, a citizen who faced a problem in renewing the housing rental contract, personally contacted Erdogan has referred

President of Turkey addressed the issue “A few days ago, one of our compatriots came to me and said: I am a tenant. The landlord is putting a lot of pressure on me, I used to pay 2500 lira, now he has increased my rent to 7500 lira to renew the contract. I do not know what to do. I declared right there that such a thing is unfair. This means that you multiply 2,500 at once and you want 7,500? I had to contact the mayor of my party in that area. I asked him to either find a suitable rental place for this fellow, or a government house should be given to him. You should not expect the government to solve all problems. We all have to join hands”.

One of the famous Turkish analysts believes that a citizen’s personal appeal to Erdogan to solve the problem of renting a house is not an example of the president’s humility and availability and reveals other facts.

Ahmed Tashgatiren, a conservative Turkish analyst, wrote about this event: “A citizen’s personal appeal to the President for Solving the house rent problem showed first of all that Erdoğan is not aware of the situation of the people. He was surprised by the words of our old citizen and asked all of us: What does that mean? Is it possible to convert 2500 lira into a 7500 lira contract at once? Erdoğan asks in surprise, then he calls an Akparty mayor and orders them to solve the problem!

I don’t know if the problem was solved by God or not. But I want to ask: really, in a fair country, people’s problems should be solved in this way? Everyone should confront the boss in person and he should call this and that to solve the crisis? This is not an example of Erdogan’s humility. Don’t let us get caught up in populism. Why should the president interfere in the context of such individual problems? Many may say: God bless him. It is responsive even to an old passer-by. But the fact is that such events are extremely populist and at the same time, it shows that the president of the country, instead of doing fundamental things, is looking for daily politics and temporary accommodation”.

Tashgatiren continued to write: “Let’s look again at the subject of the tenant-landlord dispute. Where inflation is around 60% even in the official government data, you as the government have limited rent increases to 25% and this has caused landlords and tenants across the country to get into fights from time to time. Get bloody.

You think you have solved the problem of one tenant by contacting the mayor, but what will you do for those tens of millions of other people? Hundreds of thousands of tenants and house owners in the country are facing problems.

Suppose there is a tenant that I know. Currently, a contract has been signed for 6 thousand liras and it is time to increase the salary. The landlord wants 25 thousand liras for the new year. Why, because a similar house in the same complex has been rented for 21 thousand liras. What should this tenant do? If everyone calls the president, will the problem be solved? The country should start the work of the people with the law and with the official and established institutions, not with dramatic action”. tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/09/07/1402090717210327928870104.jpg”/>

Not long ago in Istanbul and on the huge metal bridge known as Shuhada 15 Tamuz, the convoy carrying the President was suddenly stopped by his own order.

He noticed that an old man was trying to He is about to end his life by falling from the bridge, but Erdogan got off and went to him. With a few words and consolation, he dissuaded the said person from committing suicide and he went home happy and smiling.

Independent Turkish newspaper research shows In 2015, the same thing happened on another bridge, and Erdogan stopped another person from committing suicide.

Critics say these are all examples They are from populism and deception. But some critics also say that, even if it is true, the individual promotion and highlighting of Erdoğan as a popular leader and savior is an old media trick and these hennas have no color anymore.

Of course, the efforts of Erdogan’s media team to fuel populist politics have many examples. Another clear example is that two of the writers in the presidential institution are responsible for writing the text of the president’s speeches, quarterly and sometimes monthly, based on the course of political, social and economic developments. New vocabulary and expressions are considered for Erdogan’s speeches.

For example, he mentioned “onion” many times in many of his field speeches during the recent elections. In order to escape from the discussion of inflation and economic crisis, he used the tactic of reducing the discussion and said: “If the price of onions goes up or down by a few koros, it doesn’t matter. Do not let the country fall into the hands of dependent opponents. Those traitors are selling the country”.

This is just one of many examples of Erdogan’s use of populist policies. He keeps his party in power by giving cash and non-cash election gifts, donating light and heavy livestock, coal and food to the villagers, opening unnecessary and show projects and actions of this kind. Currently, there is no clear plan to end the economic crisis.

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