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Following the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his arrest on corruption charges, protest demonstrations were held across the country. Citizens exercising their constitutional rights issued a call for a boycott on April 2.
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CHP Chairman Özgür Özel supported the boycott call. While many ministers reacted to the boycott calls, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation.
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On the other hand, capital groups also spoke with 'one voice' and targeted the boycott calls. Those who targeted the 'April 2 Consumption Boycott' are as follows:
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Anatolian Lions Businessmen Association (ASKON) Chairman Orhan Aydın: "(Boycott calls) Dragging the process to this dimension and targeting the country's economy is not a stance, but rather a mental blackout."
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Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK) Chairman Bendevi Palandöken: "In this economic hardship, tradesmen and craftsmen trying to serve their customers should be supported, and trade should not be halted."
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Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu: "Targeting companies that produce, provide employment, and invest, and boycotting them is wrong. Our companies should be kept out of political debates."
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Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) President Şekib Avdagiç: "Boycott calls are wrong. Companies that are the product of Turkey's domestic and independent economy and a source of employment cannot be attacked."
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Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) President Mahmut Asmalı: "(The boycott call) is a clear attempt to weaken our domestic and national capital and open space for global capital."
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Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO) President Erdal Bahçıvan: "One must be careful and sensitive regarding calls that will disrupt commercial life in our country and lead to negative consequences in production life."
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News Source : 12punto
