Panorama of week: popular upheaval in occupied Syrian areas، Erdogan is going through his most difficult days

 During the past week, Arab newspapers covered the situation in the Syrian regions occupied by Turkey, in addition to the latter's abandonment of the Yemeni Brotherhood leaders, in addition to the economic crisis that Turkey is experiencing.

 Boiling in the occupied areas due to the deterioration of the living situation and the Turkish lira

 Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper touched on the boiling situation in the areas occupied by Turkey and mercenary groups and said: "The prices of food and consumer items in the markets of northwest Syria, located within the Syrian opposition areas, are witnessing a sharp rise in prices, coinciding with the collapse of the value of the Turkish lira (in circulation),"  against foreign currencies, since the beginning of November.

 The newspaper quoted activist Walid al-Hassan as saying: "The drop in the price of the Turkish lira against foreign currencies (its exchange rate, recently, against the US dollar reached 1,100 Turkish liras), caused the prices of goods to rise by more than 42 percent, in the areas of Idlib, Azaz, Al-Bab and Afrin.  north of Aleppo, reaching record levels over the past few days, the highest in the region."

 According to the newspaper, "This comes after the Watad Fuel Company, operating in the Idlib regions, raised the prices of oil derivatives (diesel, imported gasoline and gas), whose prices are linked to the Turkish currency, which increased prices in general, and deepened the suffering of the Syrians, in an area suffering from  already one of the highest rates of unemployment and poverty and a decline in living, material and economic conditions, especially among families with limited incomes.

 The people's frustration and anger intensified, after the rise in fuel prices to unprecedented levels.  The price of a domestic gas cylinder reached 137 Turkish liras, the price of a liter of gasoline was 9.83, and the price of imported diesel, the first type, was 9.14 liras, and the improved (local) diesel reached 6.96 liras;  This negatively affected the prices of the rest of the commodities in the market, as well as freight and transportation costs.

 The price of a kilo of veal reached 55 Turkish liras, the price of a kilo of lamb reached 70 liras, the price of a kilo of live chicken was 14 liras, and the vegetable oil was 18 liras.  While the prices of clothes increased by 48 percent, specifically winter clothes;  Due to the wages incurred during production and transportation, at a time when a large segment of people suffer from the deteriorating living and material conditions, and workers’ wages are not commensurate with the current and accelerating high prices of goods, as the worker in Idlib and its countryside receives a daily wage that does not exceed 25 Turkish liras.

 Between expulsion and deportation... Turkey pronounces the "Brotherhood of Yemen"

 Regarding Turkey’s support for the Brotherhood, Okaz newspaper said: “Reliable Yemeni sources revealed to Okaz that a number of Yemeni Brotherhood leaders in Turkey left for European countries, after receiving warnings from the Turkish authorities that they should limit their activities and correct their situation, stressing that the mercenaries Tawakkol Karman started the arrangement.  to move to the United States.

 The sources said: "A while ago, Brotherhood leaders received a warning that any work or activity they wanted to do must obtain prior permission from the Turkish authorities, and they were informed of the need to limit their activities and stop their attacks against others," adding: "The Turks clearly informed the Brotherhood,  We have foreign interests and they should not be affected by your positions on the leaders of your countries.”

 According to the same sources, Ankara stressed the need for those who do not have residency to correct their status as soon as possible, pointing out that some Brotherhood elements received this message as a warning of deportation or expulsion, and began to arrange their conditions outside Turkey, especially in European countries and America, and at the forefront of these  The "paid" elements Tawakkol Karman.

 The sources pointed out that Brotherhood members and leaders are in a state of panic against the backdrop of the Turkish measures, stressing that a group of activists, writers and some leaders from the second row left Turkey for European countries, while the rest are still searching for refuge and planning to escape, including the leaders who were  You have obtained permanent residence.  The sources did not rule out their expulsion in the coming days, especially since everyone understood that these warnings were a prelude to expulsion.

 And media outlets confirmed that Turkey is in the process of expelling a number of leaders of the terrorist Brotherhood from the Yemenis residing on its lands, and revealed that the Turkish government informed the Yemenis belonging to the Brotherhood on its soil that they were not welcome, and gave them 30 days to settle their situation.

 Erdogan has not had worse days than these days

 On the Turkish issue, Al-Arab newspaper said: "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is going through difficult days in light of a severe economic crisis in the country, with the lira continuing to fall to its lowest levels and his continued adherence to the interest rate cut, ignorant of the difficult economic conditions experienced by the Turks because of his economic policies that do not depend on  any logic.

 Although Erdogan clings to the conspiracy theory and blames the lira crisis on “foreign hands,” and promises a new “battle of independence,” what matters to the Turks is the result, which determines success from failure, as the rise in inflation to the limits of 20% led to an increase  the prices.  Unemployment also rose to 14%, in addition to a widening gap between the rich and the poor.

 Observers say that the Turkish president, who has been in power for more than twenty years, has lost the card that contributed to his rise, which is the economic gains, and that his policy in recent years has destroyed every support he might receive from ordinary citizens or businessmen who have become the most affected by the policy of accumulating hostilities.  Obstacles were placed in front of them in Turkey as well as in the regional environment, whether in Europe or in the Arab region, especially in the Gulf states.

 The economists and financiers, who have been monitoring the situation for years to test the ability of the Justice and Development Party government to reform the economy and open new areas for it, joined the broad opposition calling for change, especially after Erdogan’s promises that aimed to justify his foreign adventures in Libya and the eastern Mediterranean to bring investment opportunities failed.  and projects for Turkish businessmen.

 The opposition put pressure on it by taking to the streets in large demonstrations calling for change, taking advantage of the government's confusion over the lira crisis.  But experts warn that Erdogan may respond more violently to the opposition's provocation.

 Selim Koru, an analyst at the Ankara-based TEPAF Center for Economic Policy Research, said Erdogan would use force if more numbers took to the streets.  "His supporters are in a minority now, they are losing their power and they will fear protests more and more," he added.

 Turkish political analysts point out that dissatisfaction with Erdogan's policies has spread to the powerful centers of influence within the deep state, and that leaders in the army are no longer satisfied with the external interventions of the military establishment, and consider that the intervention in Azerbaijan or Libya did not bring any gains to Turkey, and on the contrary, it raises  The level of security risks and strains the regional and international relations of the country at a time when it needs more partnership to get out of the crisis.

 At a time when the Turkish president is losing his popularity and the trust of people even within his party, he finds himself in a difficult situation in his foreign relations, and this is due to previous tense positions he had taken in many files, especially in the relationship with the United States and the European Union.

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