Posted on 05/30/2018 4:53:33 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s popularity took a hit in May as more Turks disapproved of his performance than approved, according to a survey by Ankara-based polling company Metropoll.
Voters who approved of Erdoğan’s performance as president shrank 3.4 percentage points to 46.3 percent, while the proportion who disapproved grew to 47.8 percent, an increase of 3.7 percentage points, Metropoll said in a posting on Twitter.
Erdoğan, seeking re-election in snap polls on June 24, and his ruling party have been stimulating the economy while grappling with double-digit inflation and a slump in the lira against the dollar. The lira hit a record low of 3.92 per dollar in May, forcing the central bank to raise interest rates in an emergency meeting.
The last time more Turks disapproved of Erdoğan’s work as president than approved was in June 2016, just prior to a failed military coup. His popularity surged in the weeks after the coup, reaching 67.6 percent, but has hovered around or just below 50 percent since, Metropoll data showed.
Turkey sent our ambassador home, the US sent the Turkish ambassador home.
Turkey through the Bank of International Settlement moved 19 tons of Turk gold to Switzerland, which has acted to slightly reduce the slide of the Turk Lira against the Dollar.
There is a long history of voter fraud in Turkey, it is likely that Erdogan will win on June 24th. (by hook or crook)
This event is not to be taken lightly. There are powerful forces moving in the Middle East that are not discussed in the media. But they are none the less there.
I sure hope he gets the boot but I would be very surprised. He’s nothing but trouble.
If he can eliminate so many at the top of the military, I doubt he’ll be easy to get rid of.
“There is a long history of voter fraud in Turkey, it is likely that Erdogan will win on June 24th.”
It doesn’t seem likely that he can be removed by a vote anymore, because of his election rigging.
Turkey has been taken captive, and needs rescue.
Agree.
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