Earthquake, Erdogan and election analysis from the world famous news agency
As more than 50,000 people lost their lives in the February 6 earthquake disaster, ANI, one of the world’s leading news agencies, made a remarkable analysis…
The news agency known as Asian News International, which has been in business for 51 years, published a detailed report on the atmosphere in Turkey with the headline “Erdogan forced to change focus of his election campaign after earthquakes.”
“HE FORCED TO CHANGE THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN”
Emphasizing that the magnitude of the earthquake that occurred on February 6 was enormous, he said: “Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, more than 164,000 buildings were destroyed, and damage exceeded $80 billion. This is the worst human disaster in modern times in Turkey, and this has forced President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change the focus of his election campaign.
While noting that it is symbolic, dramatic and important as it is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Turkey, the comment was made that “This election will decide whether the course of the country and Erdogan’s dominance in Turkish political life for 22 years will come to an end.” an end.” It was noted that before the earthquake, President Erdoğan would campaign based on the economic crisis and take action for the EYT with the increase of the minimum wage and pensions.
THE OPPOSITION CALENDAR IS MORE REALISTIC
“Now Erdogan will try to convince the Turkish people that only he can rebuild the destroyed houses and cities in one year,” the report said. The opposition promised to rebuild it in 5 years”. “There is no doubt that Erdogan is aware that his promise will be extremely difficult, if not impossible. It is difficult to build 270,000 houses and clear 230 million tons of rubble, but he wants people to believe that he is the only politician.” able to do this,” the news read.
The report stated: “Erdogan wants desperate people who have lost their homes and loved ones to return to normalcy as soon as possible and asks them to vote for him instead of the opposition, who say it is a more realistic time.” On the other hand, it was claimed that the government used contractors for the demolished buildings, and attention was drawn to the dissemination of President Erdogan’s statements on the zoning amnesty carried out in recent years on social media platforms.
The analysis stated that “Erdogan is expected to participate in the opening of prefabricated houses and container cities in the coming days, and the media controlled by Erdogan will also work to make people forget the slow and ineffective first response.”