2023-05-06 12:19:27
The German Der Spiegel Magazine, which makes extensive analyzes before each election in Turkey and carries Erdoğan on its cover, once again prepared an extensive news-analysis one week before the elections.
The magazine team consisting of Maximillian Popp, Özlem Topçu and Şebnem Arsu, who went to Turkey and gathered various impressions first in Istanbul and then in Anatolia, and met with Presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, made a 10-page report.
On the cover of the magazine, there is a sullen photograph of Erdoğan sitting on a gold leaf armchair, processed with photoshop. The gold leaf chair he sits on is shown to be broken in various parts. On the cover of the magazine, the phrase “Invincible” was changed to “Edible”. Below it is “Resurrection or chaos. What happens if Erdogan loses? statements are included.
‘NEW GENERATION IS GOING ANOTHER DIRECTION’
On page 8 of the magazine, there is a photograph of Erdoğan in a pilot coat. Here, the title “Swinging” was used and “Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20 years in power, there was prosperity and pressure. Now the seemingly eternal presidential election can go. Disappointed supporters, the impoverished new generation and young voters are moving towards a new man who can replace them.
According to the news of Sözcü by Ali Gülen The Der Spiegel team, which first started its investigations in Kasımpaşa, made observations here and met with Erdoğan voters. An 82-year-old Erdogan voter and his fellow countryman emphasized that they had a hard time living on a pension and said that they would no longer vote, and that nothing in his life had changed, and that Erdogan was living in a 1000-room palace and they were getting poorer.
‘Türkiye IS AT A SIGNIFICANT JURISDICTION’
Stating that Erdoğan is the person who has been in the administration for the longest time since Atatürk and who has influenced the country, the magazine said, “But now for the first time, this can change. In the 100th Anniversary of the Republic, Türkiye is at a crossroads. If Erdogan is re-elected, the country will turn into a dictatorship and there will be no more peaceful life and no more elections,” he wrote.
It was stated that if Kılıçdaroğlu wins the presidential election, Turkey will enter the new path without much difficulty, and it is emphasized that Kılıçdaroğlu stated that they will rebuild democracy and the rule of law.
‘ERDOĞAN CAN PROVIDE ITS FOLLOWERS LIKE TRUMP’
The journal emphasized that:
“It is by no means certain that Erdogan will admit a possible defeat. It is also possible to incite his supporters against his opponent, as Donald Trump did in the USA. The Minister of Interior had recently described the 14 May election day as a coup.“
Stating that Turkey is important for the EU and NATO, the magazine stated that Erdogan was also able to establish relations with both Kiev and Moscow. On the other hand, it was emphasized that issues such as Syrian immigrants and earthquakes came to the fore, young Turks in Istanbul started to turn from Islamist policies, Erdogan saw for the first time in Kayseri that he could be defeated, and that there could be a power shift in Ankara.
Der Spiegel wrote that Kılıçdaroğlu said “We don’t deserve a third-class democracy” and seemed quite calm.
‘CONSISTENT SECTION IS SUSPECTED’
The team, who went to the earthquake area, stated that the earthquake victims in Adıyaman asked, “Where is the state?” and that in the first days of the earthquake, no one came to help without Erdogan’s instruction, that the contractors built houses that were not resistant to earthquakes, and that this earthquake revealed the “weaknesses of one-man rule”.
While speaking in Adıyaman, where Erdoğan received 67 percent of the vote in the previous election, it was mentioned that half of the people left the field and it was stated that the wheels in the economy stopped.
It was stated that when Erdoğan came to power in 2003, there were transformations in the economic model, 400 billion dollars flowed from OECD countries and the Turkish economy grew rapidly at that time. However, it was explained that now, in the places where the “Anatolian tigers” center and conservative businessmen are located, things do not go as before, the Turkish economy regressed from 17th to 19th, and the national income decreased to 9600 dollars instead of the expectation that it would be 25,000 dollars.
‘NEW GENERATION IS NO LONGER BUYING ISLAMIC’
While it was stated that the new generation who grew up in Istanbul moved away from Erdogan’s conservative discourses using religion, it was emphasized that Erdogan, on the other hand, tried to show that they are a country that is aligned with world leaders and that sells UAVs to the world.
It was stated that the Turkish currency has lost 93 percent of its value in recent years, inflation has exceeded 70 percent, unemployment has increased, while the main opposition party CHP has risen.
Stating that Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and his team were hopeful this time and that the opposition was well organized, the magazine wrote that Kılıçdaroğlu, who met with them, said, “We do not deserve a third-class democracy,” and seemed quite calm.
The magazine, which also devoted wide space to the policies pursued by the opposition united with Kılıçdaroğlu, stated that Kılıçdaroğlu is hope for many people, they believe that he will achieve transformation, and that it is effective that he broadcasts from his kitchen against Erdoğan’s palace.
‘FLAME VIDEO AND OBAMA-LIKE EXIT’
Stating that Kılıçdaroğlu’s video of him saying that he is Alevi has been watched tens of millions of times, the magazine stated that this is important because until now there is the image of “If a candidate declares that he is Alevi, he cannot win”. The magazine said, “This 3-minute video was impressive. It was an Obama-style exit of Erdogan’s rival. No Alevi origin has risen to such a high level since a century,” he wrote.
The extensive news also included Oğuzhan Uğur’s programs watched by millions on social media, and the views of Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a former AKP deputy and nominated from the CHP. Yeneroğlu, who has been Erdogan’s companion since his childhood, said, “I realized that we will never walk together anymore. It wouldn’t have gone away with so much lies and injustice. That’s why I left.”
Yeneroğlu stated that the opposition wants to return to the parliamentary system and will improve relations with the EU, but stressed that the picture created in 20 years cannot be expected to change in a short time.
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