Striking behind-the-scenes claim before the Public Savings Package: Erdoğan reportedly said, 'Start with the Palace, I will move to Çankaya!'

Sözcü columnist Necati Doğru, in his article discussing the Public Savings Package to be announced today, shared behind-the-scenes information regarding AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Necati Doğru claimed that Erdoğan said, 'Prepare an unprecedented savings package; start with the Palace, and I will move to Çankaya.'

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Striking behind-the-scenes claim before the Public Savings Package: Erdoğan reportedly said, 'Start with the Palace, I will move to Çankaya!'

Taking place in the shadow of an economic crisis, the March 31 Local Electionsresulted in a defeat for the AKP, which fell to the position of the second party nationwide after 22 years.

Following the election results, the government announced that 'public savings' measures would be implemented. All eyes are on today, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşekare set to announce the 'Public Savings Package'as eyes turn toward them.

Sözcü columnist Necati Doğru, in his column today where he shared information obtained from behind-the-scenes sources, AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğanreportedly requested a "unique" package. According to this, the Presidential Palace would be closed, a move would be made to the Çankaya Mansion, and only one of the VIP aircraft belonging to the Presidency would remain.

The relevant sections of Necati Doğru's article are as follows:

President Erdoğan, in order to address the "loss of blood and spirit" that the election results caused within his party and his own leadership, thought of writing a "new success story that will capture the people's hearts" and having his staff execute it. Such a thought signifies a decision for a "revolutionary change (heterodox)" of a scale that only a "very strong and self-confident leader" could dare to undertake.

He summoned Minister of Finance Mehmet Şimşek and Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and said, "Prepare and announce such a savings package that it will be unique... Let even the IMF be astonished... Let the opposition's tongues be locked... Let those who do not like us be forced to zip their mouths... Let the people trust us again... Let us remedy the loss of spirit and blood..." and added: "Start with the Palace. Let us close the Palace. I will move to Çankaya."

He requested that they announce to the public that they are turning the daily expenditure of the Külliye Palace, which exceeds 15,000,000 TL (15 million), into savings. He said, "Let us turn the 1,137-room palace into a center for scientists conducting research that will increase efficiency in agriculture and livestock." He also wanted the public to hear that "We have even become dependent on foreign sources for fertilizer production... and that we have turned the Palace into a high-level research center that will make fertilizer production 100 percent domestic."

Let the opposition be surprised. Let only one of the Presidency's VIP aircraft, which have increased to 16, remain, and let 15 be sold and recorded as revenue for the Treasury. Let the number of official vehicles of the Presidency, which is nearing 500, be reduced to 5, and let 495 be sold so that the public can see who the self-sacrificing and highly devoted president is.

The package is very comprehensive. It also includes the following: All institutions that have been placed under the command of the President, starting with the Central Bank, and including the BRSA, CMB, TUIK, Anadolu Agency, and TRT—institutions that cannot even "breathe" without his permission—will be declared "independent." An environment will be prepared where all institutions can work without waiting for orders from the government, as is the case in advanced European democracies. The necessary decisions and laws for this will be issued one after another.

My source, who whispered the behind-the-scenes news, said, 'Yes... yes...' and added, 'In fact, upon hearing these sentences from the President, Mehmet Şimşek jumped from his seat, broke all protocol rules, ran to the President, hugged him, kissed his cheek, and shed tears of joy, saying, "Now the financial jackals of the US and the EU will start pouring dollars into Turkey..."'

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