Foreigners can't even work as barbers!

Of course, not in Turkey.

Leaving the answer to the question of where for the following lines, let's continue with the issue that has recently moved to the top of the agenda.

After CHP's Burcu Köksal, who was elected Mayor of Afyonkarahisar in a major surprise in the local elections, sealed five businesses belonging to asylum seekers because they lacked operating licenses, all hell broke loose, so to speak.

Starting with the crowd that licks the bowl of the European Union, deems themselves worthy of the title of "journalist" while openly conducting fifth-column activities against Turkey, the soft-brained humanist liberals, Islamists, Kurdish nationalists, Brussels-fed NGO members, and globalists all launched a barrage of attacks.

They called her everything from a fascist to a racist and an enemy of asylum seekers!

Especially when she said, "We promised our voters that we would send them back from this country without any ifs, ands, or buts," it must have splashed on them like oil poured into a hot pan, and the social media warriors of this group fanned the flames of the issue as much as they could.

Since their real concern is to please their masters in Europe, they distorted the issue as much as they could.

However, the sealed businesses were unlicensed and operating illegally.

The action taken was not contrary to legislation or the law. If citizens of the Republic of Turkey are required to obtain a license when opening a business, asylum seekers must also comply with the relevant legislation.

For years, while Turkish tradesmen have been trying to pay their taxes with great difficulty, asylum seekers have continued to line their pockets without paying a single penny in taxes.

In fact, the previous mayor, AKP's Hüseyin Ceylan Uluçay, clearly abused his office by turning a blind eye to these businesses operating without licenses and illegally.

We do not know if the CHP will file a criminal complaint or if a brave public prosecutor will emerge to take action ex officio and hold them accountable, but judging by the reactions, it is clear that Burcu Köksal has stirred up a hornet's nest.

Everyone now sees that the asylum seeker issue is a demographic operation against Turkey.

They are serving the political Islamists' policy of destroying the nation-state and turning the Turkish people into an ummah.

Clearly, they want to vaccinate Anatolia with Salafism.

Let us not forget that the government is trying to kill several birds with one stone.

Tayyip uses asylum seekers as a blackmail element against European countries, especially Germany.

The hypocritical politicians of Europe, who used to talk about human rights and democracy and act as if they were the moral authority, now cannot say a word no matter what Tayyip does.

That is why having asylum seekers at his disposal serves his interests in both respects.

But in the meantime, it is the Turkish people who suffer.

Let's come to the title of the article...

I have been in Southeast Asia for a while.

While traveling through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, I witnessed the intense interest of Turks in these countries, and I was surprised.

Those who have lost hope in Turkey and come to look for work, those who cannot make ends meet with their pensions and want to build a new life in these countries because they are relatively cheaper, those who pack their bags and set off saying the air is nice and the water is nice, those who are worried about opening a business and making money...

There are those who come as tourists and stay, and those who get married and settle down.

In the last 15 years, a large Turkish community has emerged, especially in Thailand.

They have opened numerous Facebook groups. They communicate mainly through social media.

But it is not easy at all for a foreigner to settle and work here.

They have introduced very serious restrictions.

The government cannot be said to be tolerant in this regard.

For example, you want to open a business. You can own at most 49 percent of the company you will establish, and you must find a Thai citizen partner.

In addition, you are required to employ four Thai citizens.

You said, "I don't have the money to set up a company, it's best if I get a good job and make money."

That is not very easy either.

You cannot just go anywhere and work as you please.

There is a long list of jobs that foreigners cannot do.

For example, you are a good construction worker. But it is impossible for you to do your job in Thailand. Because it is forbidden for foreigners to do bricklaying, carpentry, or other construction work!

Except for international aircraft piloting, you cannot operate motor vehicles or machinery or mechanical devices.

You cannot work as a front-store sales clerk or auctioneer.

It is impossible for you to do hair cutting, hairdressing, or beautification work.

So, you came saying, "I am a good male or female hairdresser, there is work for me everywhere in the world."

But you were wrong.

Because these are among the job sectors where foreigners cannot work.

Hand weaving of fabric, mat weaving, or making kitchen utensils from reed, rattan, jute, straw, or bamboo, hand-making rice paper, lacquer work, making Thai musical instruments, jewelry, silversmithing, or gold/copper alloy blacksmithing, as well as making Thai dolls, making mattresses or quilts, making alms bowls, hand-making silk products, making Buddha images, making knives, making umbrellas from paper or fabric, making shoes, and making hats are also forbidden for foreigners.

The Thai government does not want foreigners to come and become partners in jobs that its own citizens do or can do.

It protects its citizens, tries to prevent them from becoming unemployed, and takes precautions against foreigners entering the labor market and creating unfair competition.

Those who are not citizens of this country cannot act as intermediaries or agents, except for international trade.

Except for jobs requiring special techniques, professional civil engineering related to design and calculation, systematization, analysis, planning, testing, construction supervision, or consulting services is also prohibited.

Being a good tailor, tour guide, or secretary does not mean you can practice your profession in Thailand.

Those who do not comply with the laws are quickly deported. They do not make any concessions on this matter.

Now take this picture and compare it with the situation of Syrians in Turkey.

They abused the tolerance shown to them to the fullest because they came fleeing from war. They shared the jobs and bread of the Turkish people and ran wild in the country as they pleased.

At the point reached, they have turned into an existential problem for Turkey. We do not know if Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said it on purpose or if it slipped out, but now their eyes are on the title deed of the country.

We know how they are pampered, favored, and cared for much more than the citizens of this country because they serve the interests of political Islamists.

Turkey and the Turkish people do not deserve this.

In concluding the article, let us ask the ten-point expert question by saying, "Why can't Turkey be like Thailand?" and leave the answer to the reader and put a period to our article.