Editor’s take: Turks urged to become vegetarian
to survive economic crisis
By Sarantis
Michalopoulos | EURACTIV.com 25 Nov 2021
While the economy is on the brink of collapse, Erdoğan
keeps advertising new armaments deals to save the pride of his neo-Ottoman
ambitions.
The Turkish government has decided to
switch to vegetarianism and raise awareness against food waste to face the
collapse of the Turkish lira and uncontrollable food prices hikes. If the rule
of law was also respected, even Greenpeace would be jealous of the Turkish
regime’s green push.
“Instead of
eating 1-2 kilos of meat monthly, let’s eat half a kilo. We buy 2 kilos of
tomatoes and half of them go to the trash. Well, let’s get 2 tomatoes,” said
Turkish lawmaker Zülfü Demirbağ who belongs to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s
AKP party.
He made
this statement in light of the total collapse of Turkish lira and the looming
economic crisis.
Erdogan
unbowed by critics, leaving little stopping lira's collapse
Little
stands in the way of Turkey’s currency collapse expanding into a deeper
economic crisis after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ignored appeals, even from
within his government, to reverse policy, according to top officials and
analysts.
Turkey’s
currency has crashed to ‘insane’ historic low. According to CNBC, inflation in
Turkey is now near 20%, meaning basic goods’ prices have skyrocketed in price,
and Turks’ local currency salaries are severely devalued.
And while
the economy is on the brink of collapse, Erdoğan keeps advertising new
armaments deals to save the pride of his neo-Ottoman ambitions.
Greece’s
MEGA TV channel reported that Turkey’s upcoming economic crisis raises eyebrows
in Athens as the latter ranks first in exports to Turkey.
Meanwhile,
Erdoğan does not seem to be so green-liberal when it comes to the freedom of
expression.
More than 271
social media accounts have been targeted in Turkey in the last days for
“inciting people to hatred and calling on citizens in the streets to use
violence [against price hikes].”
On a more
serious note, in Athens they fear that Erdoğan may once again try to “export”
his domestic problems by causing another turmoil at the border with Greece.
(Sarantis Michalopoulos | EURACTIV.com)
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