Mehmet Şimşek: Following the resignation allegations about me, there has been a tremendous outflow of money from Turkey.

Hazine ve Maliye Bakanı Mehmet Şimşek, who has been in the agenda with resignation allegations recently, answered questions about the economy agenda in a live broadcast on CNN Türk.

"I HAVE NO POLITICAL AGENDA"

Regarding the news about Minister Şimşek's resignation, he said, "I also have difficulty understanding. Our President invited me after the elections. They entrusted me with this responsibility by showing their trust. I act with this responsibility motto. I have no political agenda.

I have no interest in titles. These are not titles earned with a diploma. Our President somehow facilitated it when he was the Prime Minister. I returned to Turkey and had the opportunity to serve my country. It is a great honor for us, truly a great pride. I have no personal agenda other than helping President Erdogan in maintaining macroeconomic balances and solving problems. I have no other motivation or agenda. I really have no other motivation. It would not be right to identify me with these. Look, I say this sincerely, we have our President, we have our Vice President. We have very valuable colleagues in the economy. It is really a team effort."

"THERE WAS A HUGE CAPITAL OUTFLOW FROM TURKEY"

Şimşek reminded that there was a small turbulence in the global markets caused by Japan at the beginning of August and pointed out that their impact on Turkey was limited. Minister Şimşek continued as follows: "After these baseless allegations, there was a huge capital outflow from Turkey. Especially offshore. From abroad. Because they got nervous. Therefore, these anxieties, uncertainties, and such allegations unfortunately have a cost. It has a cost for the country. Unfortunately, these rumors continue. They were somehow served to the outside. I think there is an effort towards the program. I don't know who is spreading this, whether from inside or outside. It is very clear that they are not doing any good. Why? Because this program is a team effort, but it is somewhat associated with us outside."

After all, we stood out a little in the process after last May. They are going through that. Is it just that? In this period, they also come to us personally, and I have difficulty understanding it. I say this with all my sincerity. Sometimes some of my friends say, 'if this program is successful, it will not be in the interest of certain groups in the process leading to 2028' there is a general perception. However, let our country win. Let the program be successful. After that, let us provide quality service to our people. Let investments take place in the country. Let vulnerabilities decrease in the country. By the way, I am not claiming that everything has improved and that we have solved the problems. We do not have such a claim. We have really overcome a challenging period."