UK Media Election Analysis: Erdogan Will Fall Into His Own Trap If He Wins

The Sunday Times, one of the most respected newspapers in England, made a remarkable prediction about today’s elections… The headline of the news, signed by Louise Callaghan, the newspaper’s correspondent in Turkey, “If Erdogan wins the election, he will fall into the well he has dug” was used.

The British Sunday Times published a remarkable analysis on election day.

The report stated: “As the fight to rule Turkey continues, something rotten begins to flow from the heart of the country.” “Today, opposition voters in Turkey will go to the polls feeling imminent defeat and missing the best opportunity they have had in recent years to defeat Erdogan. But if he wins, it could be the start of Turkey’s problems.

Noting that Erdogan received the lowest support of his career in the first round, the report said: “If he wins today, he will face many deep crises that he created. Erdogan’s dream is to become the leader of a Muslim country, one of the greatest powers in the world. But Turkey is very fragile: the economy has deteriorated, inflation has risen, the lira has depreciated, the earthquakes in February and anger over four million refugees. The judiciary has been emptied and anti-liberalism is on the rise in the country. The country has no chance of becoming a member of the EU in the near future.

While noting that Erdogan’s diplomatic moves have had gains, the comment was made that “Being a mediator in the Russia-Ukraine grain deal and the rise of Turkish companies in Africa and the sale of Bayraktar UAVs are welcomed by their base, but these movements do not bring stability, prosperity and growth to their country”. Recalling that relations with the EU, which improved after the earthquake disasters, deteriorated with the electoral process, “The economy is alarmingly bad. The prices of ordinary staple foods are out of reach for many. Middle-class families cut back, the poor go hungry. But despite this, Erdogan vows to lower interest rates, which has pushed inflation into double digits.

“THIS SOURCE TOLD ME”

“Before the elections, an AKP source told me that the question is not whether the opposition will win, it is impossible, but whether Erdogan will lose or not,” Callaghan said. How his supporters convinced Erdogan, who has ruled the country for 20 years, that shadowy foreign powers, Western intelligence units and homosexuals are responsible for all the problems.

The British journalist said: “Erdogan wants to be known as a great Muslim statesman. Instead, he will be remembered as a leader who brought Turkey into the 21st century by changing roads, infrastructure works, and the health system, damaging the economy, the judiciary, and reinforcing opposition to liberalism.” “Something is rotting in the heart of the country,” Callaghan said. This makes it seem that it is the Syrian refugees who unite the 85 million people. According to some sectors of the opposition, Erdogan’s approach towards refugees is relatively liberal. Despite forming an alliance with an ultranationalist party, he continues with his policy.

While it was claimed that the “old distinction” between secularists and conservatives was becoming less and less important, it was said that “Turkey’s future is getting darker, no matter who wins today.”