04.03.2025 10:21
Lawyer Ersan Şen and journalist Fuat Uğur clashed during a live broadcast they participated in. Şen's words, "Are you on the side of the people or the rich? You will explain this to me. The Diyanet suggested avocados, what do you say? You are mocking just like the Diyanet," caused the tension in the studio to rise suddenly, and Fuat Uğur's response was not long in coming.
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In the program "Equal Weight" hosted by Erdoğan Aktaş on TV100, tensions arose when the topic turned to the economy. Ersan Şen reacted to Uğur by saying, "Are you with the people or with the rich? You will explain this to me." Despite Erdoğan Aktaş's warning that "This is not our topic," the heated exchange between the two intensified.
"HE DOESN'T KNOW MANDARIN, HE DOESN'T KNOW PROTEIN"
Ersan Şen said, "According to you, let the rich live. Let the poor hit rock bottom. Stop feeding your child meat. Let them continue with bulgur and pasta. If you are mocking the people like the Diyanet over avocado, you are mocking in the wrong place. Don't mock the people, the retirees, the workers, the civil servants... You are losing touch, you are mocking like the Diyanet. I am not the one who mentioned avocado, it was the Diyanet... You will explain why a French child eats bananas for 0.99 cents in France while in Turkey it costs 70-80 lira. You need to say this.
Are you telling the citizens to 'stay hungry'? What do you say to a retiree who receives 14,500 TL? Where do you place yourself in the class struggle? Are you with the poor or with the rich? You are not on the side of fair distribution... You are not on the side of the struggle between classes. When a person is well-off, they talk and mock like this... The Diyanet suggested avocado, what do you say? Go tell the President of Religious Affairs. We are talking about bananas, and the gentleman says, 'I don't know bananas.' You don't know mandarins either, you don't know protein, you probably only feed on carbohydrates."
UGUR: YOU CAN'T DISCUSS THE ECONOMY LIKE THIS
Fuat Uğur responded, "This will turn into empty chatter... This is not how you discuss the economy... Your knowledge of economics is not sufficient. I think your knowledge of economics is zero. You don't understand economics, you are just making coffee gossip. The person on the street talks about the economy better... I know the prices. I am in the market, I am everywhere. I don't leave the market. I know what problems the citizens are facing. You don't know. Your income level is not suitable for knowing what problems the citizens are facing. You don't go to the market, I do... I know economics better. You are engaging in populism," he replied. When the argument between the two did not come to an end, Erdoğan Aktaş found a solution by going to a commercial break.
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