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AKP's Tayyar points to the culprit of the economy, citizen bows head and falls silent: Who runs the municipality?

AKP member Şamil Tayyar, who stands out with his social media posts on current events, revealed the cause of the country's economic crisis and high cost of living through an anecdote from Kemer.

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Tayyar explained the conclusion he reached through a conversation about price hikes with a corn seller and described how he embarrassed a citizen who claimed that the current situation was the responsibility of AKP Chairman and President Erdoğan.

Former AKP deputy Şamil Tayyar wrote about "economic difficulties and opportunism" and recounted his argument with a street corn seller with the following words:

"I was in Kemer, Antalya recently.

Around 10:00 PM, we chatted with a street vendor selling boiled corn on a busy street.

“There is no business; I see people passing by. They used to have bags and purses full of items, now they only have water bottles,” he said, and added:

“I only sold two ears of corn today.”

Meanwhile, he complained about a lahmacun costing 220 liras and said he couldn't afford to feed himself.

I explained that we are going through a difficult period and expressed that I agreed with a significant portion of his concerns.

But I had a small objection:

“You are selling corn for 150 liras, and your cost, including all expenses, doesn't exceed 20 liras.”

He tried to defend himself by stating that he pays 10 thousand liras in monthly rent to the municipality for his mobile stall.

Just then, a woman who approached the stall to buy corn also found the price expensive and made a jab at our president, saying, “Thank the one at the very top.”

“One second,” I said:

“Who determines the rent?”

“The municipality.”

“Who runs the municipality?”

“CHP.”

“In that case, what does the rent have to do with the one at the very top?”

He bowed his head and fell silent.

While I acknowledge the problems of tradespeople, I do not find it right for anyone to pass off their own opportunism or political bias onto the government.

In summary.

Economic difficulties and opportunism go hand in hand."