According to Ülkede Değişim news website, Emine Erdoğan’s prodigal life style drew Turkish public ire as the Turkey is grappling with the deep recession which hit the country within the current fiscal year.
Turkish First Lady’s visit to Long Champs – situated in the Avenue Louise, a major tourist hub and thoroughfare in Brussels–accompanied by her semi-royal entourage caused a heavy traffic jam so that many Belgian citizens thought the American performer and actress Madonna is once aging visiting their city.
In an ostentatious display of tyranny and wealth, Emine Erdoğan’s security team closed the shopping center’s doors on other customers and when confronted with mall manager’s angry objection, the Turkish security officer promised that the shop will be fully compensated for the loss.
At the evening, President Erdoğan himself joined the First Lady and both went for a stroll and later they hold a sumptuous banquet in the nearby elegant restaurant, Condé Nast Traveller.
La Capitale, a Belgian daily newspaper, criticized today morning Emine Erdoğan who bough flamboyant clothes and souvenirs from Brussels expensive boutiques where the cheapest commodity is no less than € 650 in a time when the majority of Turkish people suffer from the unprecedented financial crisis in decades.
Meanwhile, Turkish trade union lambasted the First lady for ignoring Turkey’s home-made products in spite the fact that Turkey, itself, is supplying the European market with its high-quality apparel and textiles.
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