Evaluating the hot agenda at the weekly press conference, Saadet Party leader Temel Karamollaoğlu also made important determinations regarding the economy.
"Friends, we all should know that the economy is not going so well," Karamollaoğlu said.
"We have become more and more every day. Playing with numbers does not save anyone, our nation knows that it lives. Everyone knows that the real unemployment figure is around 7-8 million. External debt is $ 431 billion. Last year, 2 million 500 thousand people could not pay their personal credit debt and 2 million 700 thousand people could not pay their credit card debt. In 2019, the number of execution files exceeded 20 million," he added.
"THE CYPRUS PEACE OPERATION IS THE RESULT OF STRONG FOREIGN POLICY"
Karamollaoğlu said that the operation is the symbol of taking a strong and independent stance, regardless of the domination of imperialism and colonial powers.
Noting that a personal foreign policy was implemented with the operation, Karamollaoğlu continued: "With this operation, the interests of our nation were uncompromisingly protected and peace were achieved by stopping the massacres in Cyprus."
"WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE PROBLEMS OF OUR COUNTRY"
Evaluating the opening of the Hagia Sophia Mosque for worship after a long break, Karamollaoğlu said, “We expressed our satisfaction and happiness in this matter. Here, I would like to mention some of the issues that we need to open up with the opening of Hagia Sophia. Now we must quickly focus on the problems of our country. The lawlessness experienced in Turkey in the middle. Unfortunately, we are not talking about the power of law anymore, but the law of the strong. This issue should be handled urgently, and the grievances should be eliminated as soon as possible. By saying 'There is no such thing', this issue cannot be passed by closing our eyes against the facts. For example, in our country, detention is no longer a precaution but actually a penalty. Judges who decide in a way opposite to the understanding of the government are sent into exile immediately, this is unacceptable. We should also open the press and freedom of thought book. Saying that we will be among the strongest countries, today it is 154th among 180 countries in terms of press freedom. Many journalists are under arrest, the government is now pursuing censorship on social media. Unfortunately, the joke of "Silivri is cold" has long been on the agenda among young people. Our people could not express their ideas freely.”
"ECONOMY NOT GOING SO WELL"
Karamollaoğlu, criticizing the economic policy of the government, said, “Friends, we should all know that the economy is not going so well. With each passing day, we have been looking for the previous one. It should be well known that; Playing with numbers does not save anyone, our nation knows that it lives in person. Unemployment; It decreased to 3 million 775 thousand people. Who says this, the state. Everyone knows that the actual figure is at least around 7-8 million. The hunger limit is at the level of 2 thousand 431 TL, it is head to head with the minimum wage. The poverty line reached 7 thousand 919 TL. Almost 8 thousand TL. To our surprise, few of our citizens receive salaries at this level. External debt is $ 431 billion. Last year, 2 million 500 thousand people could not pay their personal credit debt and 2 million 700 thousand people could not pay their credit card debt. Consumer loan and credit card debt was 583.6 billion lira. In 2019, the number of execution files exceeded 20 million”.