AKP figure responds to pensioner complaining about the economy: 'Let's appreciate our homeland'
Candidates running in the local elections are making visits to introduce themselves to citizens. During a coffeehouse visit, Mustafa Savaş, the AKP's candidate for Aydın Metropolitan Municipality, told a pensioner who was talking about his problems, 'We have a heavenly homeland, let's appreciate it.' One of the people accompanying the mayoral candidate commented, 'What is a poor person doing in a coffeehouse?'
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The words spoken by Mustafa Savaş, the AKP's candidate for Aydın Metropolitan Municipality, to a pensioner in Kuşadası have caused shock.
According to the report in HaberAydın, Savaş responded to the citizen who wanted to talk about the poor state of the economy by saying, "We have a heavenly homeland where we can wake up in peace when we lay our heads on the pillow at night. Let's appreciate this." One of the people accompanying Savaş remarked, "What is a poor person doing in a coffeehouse, anyway?"
'HEAVENLY HOMELAND' RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC HARDSHIP COMPLAINT
The dialogue between the AKP's Aydın Metropolitan Municipality candidate Mustafa Savaş and a pensioner during his Kuşadası program has drawn backlash.
When Savaş visited the Kuşadası Hunters' Club coffeehouse, a citizen said, "The pensioner is hungry, I receive a monthly pension of 7500 liras." Savaş replied, "We have a heavenly homeland where we can wake up in peace when we lay our heads on the pillow at night. Let's appreciate this."
The pensioner, whose name was not learned, replied, "We know the value of the homeland, you should know it." Mustafa Savaş and his entourage then quickly left the premises.
"WHAT IS A POOR PERSON DOING IN A COFFEEHOUSE"
On the other hand, an individual who was not in the camera's view but was said to be visiting the coffeehouse with Mustafa Savaş reacted to the pensioner by saying, "What is a poor person doing in a coffeehouse, anyway?"