The opposition against Erdogan closes the French factory of Renault

“You say these words (a call to boycott French products), but you do not support them,” Kılıçdaroğlu said on Tuesday (10/27). Hurriyet Daily News.

He asked Erdogan to close the French Renault factory in Turkey. “Yes you can,” he said.

According to Kılıçdaroğlu, the Turks cannot carry out Erdogan’s call to boycott French products. According to him, people don’t buy French products. However, this was not done for the purpose of boycotting, but rather due to the inability to keep up with the diminishing purchasing power.

“You did it, my brother, the high society of the court did it.” It was as if the bus driver came home at night and said [istrinya], ‘I bought you French perfume.’ The man couldn’t even find bread, “Kılıçdaroğlu said.

On Monday, Erdogan called on Turkish citizens to boycott French products. This was in response to the anti-Islamic sentiment displayed by French President Emmanuel Macron.

“As has been said in France, ‘don’t buy things labeled Turkish’, I call my people here. Never give credit for products labeled as French, don’t buy them, “Erdogan said in his speech.

Earlier, Erdogan said that Macron needed a mental exam. That statement prompted France to withdraw its ambassador from Turkey.

France is currently in the spotlight following the beheading of a teacher by his 18-year-old student on October 16. The teacher named Samuel Patty. Before she was killed, Patty was known to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as part of citizenship lessons.

French public opinion was divided in response to the incident. However, Emmanuel Macron clearly denounced Patty’s murder. According to him, the incident was an Islamic terrorist attack. Macron also commented on anti-Islamic sentiment. He said that Islam is a religion that is in crisis throughout the world.