Erdogan and Bloomberg Election Analysis: Your Biggest Problem Is…

Just a few days before the elections to be held on May 14, the international community continues to carefully analyze the events in the country.

Bloomberg, one of the leading media organizations in the US, also released a comprehensive news/analysis today. Using the headline “Erdogan’s Most Loyal Supporters Question His Loyalty As Election Approaches”, the article described this as “Erdogan’s biggest problem”.

While noting that the delay in aid to the region after the February 6 earthquake caused great anger in the quake-hit regions, President Erdoğan was politically untouchable in Turkey’s conservative and rural southeastern region for years. In the 2018 elections, Erdogan left two thirds of the polls. Drawing attention to his Islamic roots, Erdogan gave a voice and cheap credit to the region’s conservative voters.

It was recalled that after the earthquakes that occurred on February 6, in which more than 50,000 people lost their lives and more than 3.5 million people were forced to flee their homes, people sought help from the State and the Erdogan’s government had a hard time responding. to this tragedy.

“REALIST FOR THE FIRST TIME…”

The article states: “With less than 3 weeks to go until the elections, the absence of a strong response and relief movement after the earthquake and the skyrocketing prices of food and rent across the country leave Erdogan facing the toughest choice of his 30-year career. For the first time, he could realistically lose an election or a majority in parliament.

Bloomberg also went to the earthquake zone and reported what happened in the region. “Those who lost their families, homes and jobs as construction machines continue to haul rubble from city centers are still angry at the government’s belated assistance to the ‘disaster of the century,’ as President Erdogan called it,” he said. the notice. A citizen named Yüksel Uzungünder, who voted for the AKP for many years and lived in a tent with his 5 children after the earthquake, said: “I will not vote for Erdogan or the AKP on May 14. My whole family has always supported them. “Now I want a new government that respects us,” he said. Uzungünder said that although they have supported the AKP and Erdoğan for years, he believes that Erdogan has abandoned them.

While it was stated in the Bloomberg report that there are many citizens who think this way, another 39-year-old earthquake survivor living in Adıyaman spoke about the impact of the earthquake. One citizen, who is a farm pesticide store, said: “I have seen the burden that rising fuel, drug and chemical prices have placed on the farmer over the years. In the past, I always voted for Erdogan, but after the earthquake, I stopped and saw the big picture that the state was ineffective in earthquake relief,” he said. The citizen said: “The government did not send aid to all points in the earthquake zone. It’s enough. It’s not right for one man to make all the decisions.”