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Are you sure? Isn't the current inflation and investment issues in Turkey caused by Erdogan? He remains in power by blaming "the west" without providing detail
by themitigating 5y ago
Are you sure?
Isn't the current inflation and investment issues in Turkey caused by Erdogan? He remains in power by blaming "the west" without providing details and using nationalism to gain votes [1]. He then also gets votes by pandering to conservative Muslims.[2][3].
It's similar to what's going on in the US
[1]https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/13/erdogan-blames-turkeys-currency-woes-on-foreign-financial-tools-as-central-bank-reserves-fall.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/13/erdogan-blames-turkeys-curre...
[2]https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14683857.2019.1580828 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14683857.2019.1...