According to the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Press Review, Sujiuoglu will travel to Ankara. The reason for the extraordinary visit is the inability of the occupying regime to pay salaries.
According to Detay (18.11.21), the so-called Minister of Finance Dursun Oguz in his exclusive statements to the journalist of the newspaper Kıbrıs Postası, Gκkhan Altiner said that they need additional financial resources of 150 million TL in order to be able to cover his salaries. November.
In his remarks, Oguz announced that "Prime Minister" Faiz Suciuoglu would travel to Ankara to discuss issues related to the "economy".
Referring to the November, December and 13th salaries, Oguz said that there are no financial resources, that the "people" should be aware of the financial difficulties they are experiencing and added that the 13th salary is not a priority for the "government". since they must first find resources to cover the November and December salaries.
Oguz also said that Turkey has not sent them money for two months to cover the expenses in the field of "defense". He said that Turkey is aware of the situation and added that as it has always been by their side, it will continue to be by their side now.
Reduction of interest rates to 15% decided by the Central Bank of Turkey - "It pushes us all to the precipice"
At the same time, the Central Bank of Turkey decided to reduce interest rates by one percentage point to 15% (from 16%), causing a new fall of the pound. According to the SIGMA correspondent in Istanbul, the euro-pound exchange rate was at noon at: 1 euro / 12.45 pounds (+ 2.5%)
The dollar exchange rate is at: 1 dollar / 10.97 pounds (+ 3%)
A day earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, known for his's hatred of interest rates, had said that the Central Bank was independent in deciding, a statement that was taken as a message / instruction to the Central Bank to reduce interest rates.
The immediate reaction of the Turkish opposition to the decision of the Central Bank of the country was immediate.
The leader of the official opposition, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, wrote on his twitter account: "Stop it, Erdogan! Elections immediately! "
The leader of the Party of the Future, Ahmet Tsavousoglu, wrote respectively:
"The dollar is exploding like a rocket; it is trying to compare itself to the Japanese economy! Quotas are applied for the sale of sugar and oil in the markets. Merchants increase goods every day. Wholesalers do not sell goods, because they think they can not replace it with new ones! "Leave Japan and look at the fire in Turkey."
The leader of the Development and Progress Party and former tsar of the economy, Ali Babacan, on the other hand, supported:
"We do not need to look for enemies on the right and the left. The reason we are sinking to the bottom of the economy today is this mismanagement. "The reason is Mr. Erdogan."
Respectively the comments of the experts. Turkish economists estimate that "the Central Bank is pushing us all to the precipice, because the President does not believe in gravity", while some others wish "Pass!".
Research Detay: The economy and health are the most serious problems in the Turkish Cypriot community
Detay (18.11.21) in a front page article entitled "There is severe impoverishment. The economy is the biggest problem ", refers to the third part of the results of a poll conducted in October 2021, which records views on what are the most serious problems that need immediate solution in the Turkish Cypriot community.
The poll was conducted in 6 "provinces" in the occupied territories, with a sample of 1,161 people using the method of one-on-one interviews. To the question "In your opinion, what issues should be discussed immediately?", 32,90% of respondents answered the economy, 17,20% health, 7,70% education, 3,40, 2.60% unemployment, 1.40% the Cyprus problem, 3,20% transparency in politics, 14,10% answered that they have no expectations, 18,50% gave another answer and a percentage of XNUMX% did not express an opinion.
According to the poll, the majority of participants consider the economy and health issues to be the most serious problems that need to be addressed immediately in the Turkish Cypriot community. In addition, the poll shows that the expectations of the Turkish Cypriot "people" regarding the settlement of the Cyprus problem have been greatly reduced, as the majority of survey participants note that their most serious problem is the miserable economic situation in the country due to the effects of the pandemic and the sharp fall in the value of the Turkish pound against foreign exchange.
In addition, the majority of survey participants emphasize that the Turkish Cypriot community is in a state of severe impoverishment. 29,7% of the participants in the survey answered that they have an income below 5,000 TL, 29,1% stated that they receive an income of 5,0001-10,000 TL and 10,6% stated that they receive an income ranging from 10,001-15,000 ΤΛ.
To the question "If elections were held next Sunday, would you go to the polls to vote?", 67% answered that they would go, 20,84% that they would not go, 7,01% answered that they have not decided and 5,14 , XNUMX% did not give any answer.