Video Commentary:  Civil Unrest Mushrooms Across Turkey

 

Civil Unrest Mushrooms Across Turkey | Real Turkey

 

“Shopkeepers, city councils, and a religious community group spoke out over surging energy bills in Turkey on Tuesday, while doctors held a one-day strike over working conditions as a wave of inflation-fueled discontent spread across the country.

 

Inflation leaped to near 50% in January, raising the cost of living for Turks already struggling to make ends meet after a currency crash in December sparked by President Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox low-interest rates policy”, reported Reuters two weeks ago.

 

Since small-scale demonstrations spread to more cities. They are unlikely to fade away because Erdogan’s policies are making life unbearable for ever-larger segments of the population.

 

I explain Turkey’s previous social blow-out, namely the Gezi Park protests, and how the current wave is distinctly different. Then, I try to find answers to two questions:  Can disparate and small demonstrations gel into a national movement?  What are the implications of rising unrest for the Turkish economy and politics?

 

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Published By: Atilla Yeşilada

GlobalSource Partners’ Turkey Country Analyst Atilla Yesilada is the country’s leading political analyst and commentator. He is known throughout the finance and political science world for his thorough and outspoken coverage of Turkey’s political and financial developments. In addition to his extensive writing schedule, he is often called upon to provide his political expertise on major radio and television channels. Based in Istanbul, Atilla is co-founder of the information platform Istanbul Analytics and is one of GlobalSource’s local partners in Turkey. In addition to his consulting work and speaking engagements throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East, he writes regular columns for Turkey’s leading financial websites VATAN and www.paraanaliz.com and has contributed to the financial daily Referans and the liberal daily Radikal.