[deleted] t1_j0lipkb wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:02 PM

#954,085

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UncannyTarotSpread t1_j0lmdc9 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:29 PM

#954,323

This is not comforting

[deleted] t1_j0lnoyk wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:38 PM

#954,400

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dogsent t1_j0lv93s wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:31 PM

#954,818

Replying to UncannyTarotSpread (#954,323)

The reason people are protesting in the streets is the political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu which eliminates him as a viable alternative to Erdogan.

The Turkish economy is in a downward spiral. The Turkish lira is in a devaluation slide due to inflation being 85.51% or higher. Independent analyst ENAG estimated that the annual CPI inflation was in fact 176.0%. A majority of the population.is having trouble paying bills and buying food.

Erdogan has dismissed multiple finance ministers and heads of the central bank “essentially for standing up to him” and challenging his unconventional policies.

MalcolmLinair t1_j0lx2ah wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:43 PM

#954,925

"... and if any judges dares to overturn it, they'll 'fall out a window'."

-also Erdogan, 2022

L_Cranston_Shadow t1_j0n4lrm wrote on December 17, 2022 at 10:49 PM

#957,265

Erdogan is a fascist thug of a dictator and his cronies in the courts are corrupt assholes. Come get me, bitch.

jschubart t1_j0n6krh wrote on December 17, 2022 at 11:04 PM

#957,371

Replying to dogsent (#954,818)

>The Turkish lira is in a devaluation slide due to inflation being 85.51% or higher. Independent analyst ENAG estimated that the annual CPI inflation was in fact 176.0%.

Clearly the central bank set the interest rates too high. /s