02.04.2025 08:00
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya responded to the opposition's calls for a boycott, stating, "Our nation will boycott its own tradesmen, farmers, local and national products, producers, and domestic industry, will it? This call is a sabotage against our economic independence; it means playing with the livelihoods of thousands of people."
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya made a statement regarding the calls for 'boycott' on his social media account.
"THOSE WHO ACCUSE OF TORTURE ARE NOW CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT"
Yerlikaya stated, "Those who try to incite our youth to the streets for their own political ambitions, those who attempt to sow seeds of hatred and enmity among our people, those who slander our country by saying 'torture is being done', are now calling for a boycott. The fact that the Zionist Israel is among those who watch the reckless calls of the main opposition with great pleasure, what kind of manifestation is this? As long as Turkey stands on its own feet, maintains a firm and strong stance in world politics, and does not remain a spectator to what is happening in its region, as long as it protects the rights of both our nation and the oppressed, some are starting to stage the same games again," he said.
"WHO WILL BOYCOTT WHOM?"
Minister Yerlikaya continued his statement with the following words; "Now they say 'boycott'. So who will boycott whom? Will our people boycott their own tradesmen, farmers, local and national products, producers, and domestic industry? Is this what is desired under the shadow of the 'democratic right' shield? Let it not be forgotten that this call is a sabotage against our economic independence. This call for boycott means playing with the bread of thousands of people. This call is an assassination of our national economy.
"WE GROW NOT WITH BOYCOTT, BUT WITH PRODUCTION"
It is to diminish the bread of our own people. It is an attempted coup against our economy. However, we grow not with boycott, but with production. The Republic of Turkey is a state of law. It cannot be bent or broken by threats, finger-wagging, street, and boycott calls. Do not use our country for your internal party conflicts. The strength of our workers, producers, and farmers; together with the energy of our youth, from 7 to 77, we will continue to sweat and walk towards the goal of a Great and Strong Turkey as one.
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