![]() ![]() His primary method of attacking families’ diminishing purchasing power has been to unleash government spending, which - along with lowering interest rates - only makes inflation worse, according to economists.Įrdogan has increased public-sector wages, boosted pensions and allowed millions of people to retire early. The biggest threat Erdogan faces at the moment is the economy. To further rally his conservative supporters, Erdogan has disparaged Kilicdaroglu and the opposition as supporting what he called “deviant” LGBTQ rights. He has curbed the powers of the once staunchly secularist military and lifted rules that barred conservative women from wearing headscarves in schools and government offices. On the domestic front, Erdogan has raised Islam’s profile in country whose secular roots are fraying. And Turkey now controls large swaths of territory in northern Syria, after a succession of military attacks aimed at Kurdish groups there affiliated with rebels that Turkey has outlawed.Įrdogan has boasted about Turkey’s military-industrial sector on the campaign trail citing homemade drones, aircraft and a warship touted as the world’s first “drone carrier” - and the message appeared to resonate with voters on May 14, analysts say. ![]() The fighting triggered a surge of Syrian refugees that Erdogan has used as leverage against European nations, by threatening to open up Turkey’s borders and swamp them with migrants. Yet, together with the U.N., Turkey brokered a vital deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger.Īfter civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Erdogan embroiled Turkey by backing opposition fighters seeking to depose President Bashar Assad. It vetoed Sweden’s entry into NATO and purchased Russian missile-defense systems, prompting the United States to oust Turkey from a U.S.-led fighter-jet project. ![]()
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