Babacan: We used to lend money to Greece, now Erdogan is asking for loans from the Arabs

Attack … via Greece launches against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his former ally and current leader of the DEVA party, Ali Babacan, looking for him for the tragic economic situation in Turkey, where prices are still high. the previous day, as the pound continued to fall, trading at 13.8 against the dollar at 10.52 a.m. Greek time on Friday morning.

“Relations with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are always in… dollars. Obviously, when he looks at these countries, the dollar symbol is formed in Mr.’s eyes. The economy of this country will not improve with the money that will be “The whole Republic of Turkey is in a state of begging for money from the right and the left. You can not gain prestige in this world by going and bowing your head to other countries, asking for money,” Babacan said. Turkey once lent to Greece during the crisis.

“After the crisis of 2008, Greece was on the verge of bankruptcy. At that time our financial strength was good. The IMF came and asked for money, saying: ‘There are countries that need money, we know that your situation is good, you are borrowing We signed the agreement. We lent to the IMF. The day I landed in Athens, the German newspapers wrote: ‘Turkey came to help Greece’, while in a cartoon in a German newspaper they had painted the Turkish flag at the top. of the Acropolis. That is why I now ask Mr Erdogan: Where have we been and where are we? “Turkey, which was once said to have ‘provided financial support to Greece’, has now turned to asking for support from other countries,” Ali Babacan said.

Petros Kranias

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