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Turkey’s Erdogan calls for boycott of French goods

Turkey’s Erdogan Calls For Boycott Of French Goods

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on Turks to boycott French goods, as relations between the NATO allies deteriorated over Paris’s hardened stance against radical Islam.

 

“As it has been said in France, ‘don’t buy Turkish-labelled goods’, I call on my people here. Never give credit to French-labelled goods, don’t buy them,” Erdogan said during a televised speech in Ankara.

Boycotts of French goods are under way in supermarkets in Qatar and Kuwait, with further calls to spurn French products in Jordan and other states.

Erdogan’s comments follow …

You Can’t Go - Erdogan Blocks Suleyman Solyu’s Resignation

You Can’t Go: Erdogan Blocks Suleyman Solyu’s Resignation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Interior Minister Suleyman Solyu’s resignation in the wake of a a much-criticised weekend curfew which caught millions of people by surprise.

Erdogan does not support the resignation and Soylu remains in office, the Communications Ministry said late on Sunday.

The interior minister stepped down Sunday after a chaotic take-off of the measure.

Solyu tweeted that he was taking full responsibility for the 48-hour curfew imposed on Friday in 31 cities.

The authorities came in for a lot of criticism for announcing the curfew only two hours before it entered into force on midnight …