Recently released images of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s new summer palace have outraged Turkish civilians struggling to provide food for their families, Ahval reports.
Built two years ago, the first images of the $74 million palace north of Marmaris come as much of the Turkish public grapples with increased poverty and record levels of inflation.
The release of the images coincided with widely derided comments from Erdoğan’s wife Emine, who suggested people reduce their meal portions to prevent waste. Many citizens responded by pointing to her own indulgence in luxury brands, the National said.
People complain that the president has always said he represents ordinary people, and he came from humble roots himself, but now they see that he lives like a sultan while everyone else struggles. This is not the only palace, Erdogan has palaces in Ankara, Van, private aeroplanes, jets. While people are struggling to put bread on the table, they see all this luxury and extravagance and of course, they get angry.
