Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: Colwyn on November 03, 2017, 10:45:18 AM
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The AKP swept into government in 2002. Of course, a good deal of its support comes from traditional religious voters {"The Pious Ones"} especially outside the Western areas of Turkey. But I have seen it argued that the AKP also attracted a lot middle class support not primarily motivated by religion. Instead, these voters appreciated the AKP's management of the economy. I think this is dramatically illustrated by the chart below. Inflation had been wild for years in Turkey when I first went there in 1997 and it was at about 100% - prices doubling every year. But look what happened after the AKP got into government in 2002. In historical terms inflation has been under control since then - even if Turkey's inflation is high in relation to other countries. Today inflation is reported as creeping back up; the highest level since 2008. Is it too much to hope that a declining economy might topple Erdogan's pre-eminence in the polls sometime in the near-ish future?
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(https://s1.postimg.org/8re273sg4r/Turkey_Inflation.png) (https://postimg.org/image/8re273sg4r/)
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May be just me Colwyn but I can't click the link.
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Strange. I can’t now, but I could a while ago. ???
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I'm clickless too. :)
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It works for me in Firefox and Edge but not in Comodo Dragon (which is a Chrome look-a-like I think).
p.s And now it works in Dragon again. I hate this bloody Postimage thingy. I can only load it in Edge but can usually see it anywhere.
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Not working in either Chrome or Firefox for me.
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Here you go, a direct link: http://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/turkey/historic-inflation/cpi-inflation-turkey.aspx