Erdogan’s Election And Analysis From French Media: Will It Hurt His Chances Of Winning?
France’s official media outlet France24 published a full analysis ahead of the May 14 elections.
In French media news, “Will the inflation crisis in Turkey hurt Erdogan’s re-election chances?” title is used.
In Tom Wheeldon’s article, “Will Turkey’s Inflation Crisis Hurt Erdogan’s Chances of Recovering It?” title is used. The news said: “The inflation crisis is the most important issue on the agenda in the election campaign of the 6 opposition parties, which rallied behind Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu before the May 14 elections and created the strongest candidate against President Erdoğan”.
However, despite the economic environment in Turkey, it was pointed out that this situation does not mean direct votes for the opposition, and the recent depreciation of the Turkish lira was also mentioned.
THE CRISIS AFFECTED EVERYONE
Recalling that President Erdoğan started his election campaign two weeks after Kılıçdaroğlu’s election campaign, he said: “Turkey really needs to get rid of inflation. Growth is high, but inflation is also high.
It was also claimed that the economic crisis and high inflation in Turkey affected everyone “from the burghers of Istanbul to the working-class voters in the heart of Anatolia.”