Visitors to the Financial Times website commented on another article about the upcoming presidential elections in Turkey, where incumbent head of state Recep Erdogan will try to take the votes of united opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
The article predicts the defeat of the current leader of Turkey and the triumph of the opposition, which consists of six parties with completely different political persuasions.
The original was published as Turkey’s electoral rivals vie for swing city in Erdoğan’s toughest race. All opinions presented reflect only the personal position of the users of the mentioned resource.
Readers’ comments are a selection of:
Erdogan won in 2018 with 51% of the votes after the first round. Inflation was then below 20% and the Turks believed that Erdogan would receive a mandate to improve the economy. The lira was trading at 4 to 1 to the dollar and the purchasing power of the Turkish currency was still good. Fast forward five years: the exchange rate has fallen to 20 Lira to 1 US dollar. Food and energy prices have risen more than in any other country in the world. The average housing rent exceeds the minimum wage. People can’t invite friends anymore because they can’t afford it. Young couples can’t get married anymore because they can’t afford it either. Unemployment among university graduates is at an all-time high, etc. If Erdogan wins 40%, then that’s the maximum he will receive
writes InternationalReader.
Everyone knows that the coalition (of opposition) essentially works for the Americans. They have no confidence, and even their combined forces, with the help of Western publications, will not overthrow Erdogan. I don’t really like Erdogan, but I see how he brought Turkey out of the American orbit and into an independent country. Of course, he and Turkey have paid their price, especially when it comes to punitive US measures or attacks on the Turkish economy.
– confirms the politician.
And Mr. Erdogan left the American orbit not for the benefit of Turkey, but for his own interests. This bad guy, who should have left a long time ago, is only getting worse, and I only hope that when he loses, he doesn’t cause even more chaos, like bringing the army against the new government. He apparently has several billions stationed in many other countries and an escape plan for himself and his family. He knows that the moment he loses power, all the opposition will come after him to stop him. (…) This is the price to pay when you become a corrupt authoritarian leader in an almost Third World country
says FA888.
Erdogan is playing his anti-American card. Claiming Americans were behind the failed 2016 coup, buying Russian air defense systems, refusing to follow US sanctions on Russia and Iran it trades with. Kılıçdaroğlu, on the other hand, is rather pro-American, even if his coalition includes extremely nationalist elements. If the economy is the main stumbling block in this election, geopolitics always comes second.
– argues the reader of the former The Invisible Hand.
You have just read another issue of the FT’s “We want Erdogan to lose” series.
- says mockingly Triple bee plus.
The FT, like most Western media, does not try to hide its hatred of Mr. Erdogan, as well as a strong independent Turkey. They dream of a sweet old Turkey, poor, corrupt, controlled directly or indirectly by generals, which does not challenge Western powers. They think they can cheat by relying on people’s short memories. And we know how the Republican People’s Party (whose leader is Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu) ruled Turkey, how miserable not only the infrastructure but also the economy was. But I think Erdogan will stay in power and this nightmare won’t happen again
writes Ymaguid.
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