Turkish PM Erdoğan’s top adviser expects ‘European Spring’

[atatwolf]

The prime minister’s chief adviser Yiğit Bulut said he expects a “European Spring” in the near future, suggesting Europe is in decline.

Everyone is expecting a “spring” in Egypt, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan or in Central Africa, Bulut said. “I expect a ‘spring’ in Europe. When you look at the history of Europe, whenever assets shrank, the state subsidies decreased and the shared pie became smaller, Europe falls out with each other,” Bulut told a conference on Nov. 30 in the German city of Cologne.

“The unemployment rate in the North Rhine-Westphalia is 29 percent. Why - because mines have been shut down as per an EU strategy. Those people are not like us socially. In the Anatolian-Islamic synthesis, we eat the chicken we brought from the village and we can handle ourselves for a length of time. But Europeans do not have this in their culture. So I don’t expect an Arab Spring in Europe. I expect a ‘spring’ in Germany, France and in Italy,” Bulut quoted as saying by the Anadolu Agency.

The top adviser also defended his remarks that the German airline Lufthansa was behind the Gezi protests in June. “I said Lufthansa will be worried because of opening the third airport in Istanbul during the Gezi incidents. Two days ago, Lufthansa decided to end cooperation with THY. If Lufthansa could explain this, I’m ready to take back what I said,” Bulut said.

Last week, Lufthansa announced its plans to terminate their codeshare agreement with Turkey’s flagship carrier, Turkish Airlines (THY).

Bulut, the former news anchor and editor-in-chief of the private news broadcaster 24 TV, was appointed as the chief adviser of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in July. He is still a columnist for the daily Star. The adviser made worldwide headlines during the Gezi Park protests by claiming that foreign powers were attempting to “kill Erdoğan with telekinesis.”
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[MarkusS]

forgive me but that is laughable at best.

 

[atatwolf]

forgive me but that is laughable at best.

He is right about one thing. After economic crises' Europeans always grabbed at each other's throat. Look at big economic crises of last century? That resulted in world war. I'm not saying a world war will happen again but economist expect new economic crises. One that will be worse than 2007. Just before 2007 people would say something you said "that is laughable". But I mind you that Germany can't even save tiny Greece. Soon Italy, Spain, France will follow Greece's lead.

 

[MarkusS]

He is right about one thing. After economic crises' Europeans always grabbed at each other's throat. Look at big economic crises of last century? That resulted in world war. I'm not saying a world war will happen again but economist expect new economic crises. One that will be worse than 2007. Just before 2007 people would say something you said "that is laughable". But I mind you that Germany can't even save tiny Greece. Soon Italy, Spain, France will follow Greece's lead.

we did safe greece. And what economic crisis? germany is more powerful than ever before. beside that his rant against our Lufthansa is laughable. Is that cabaret?

 

[atatwolf]

we did safe greece. And what economic crisis? germany is more powerful than ever before. beside that his rant against our Lufthansa is laughable. Is that cabaret?

You didn't save (save with a v not f) Greece. You just pumped some money in a dead country. Soon Greece will need new bail-out. Even Greek Finance Minister says that. Also it is a question Greek population will expect more austerity and pay back the debt. Probably you won't get a dime back.

Also Germany might be stronger than ever. I didn't argue against that. But have you seen unemployment in Spain? The state of Italy? The population of Greece that is succumbing under austerity? Sooner or later this bomb will explode.. if this continues.. which it will.

Also German people are getting sick and tired of paying the bills of southern countries. For how long can Germany pay the bills for Greece, Italy, Spain? F*** Greece, it is just a small country. But Spain? That is different size in population and economy. Soon shit will hit the fan.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

we did safe greece. And what economic crisis? germany is more powerful than ever before. beside that his rant against our Lufthansa is laughable. Is that cabaret?

Germany is on another level my friend when it comes to Europe.

You guys better stop bailing every failed states out, work aggressively on expanding your own inner and outer own economy.

 

[Bilal.]

we did safe greece. And what economic crisis? germany is more powerful than ever before. beside that his rant against our Lufthansa is laughable. Is that cabaret?

Germany should ditch the rest of the dead weight economies or they'll drag down...

 

[MarkusS]

Till yet not a single € was send to greece. All we did was giving promise that we help and that way stabilize their economy.

But the comment about Lufthansa is laughable at best.

 

[usernameless]

Sometimes I have found him to be exaggerating (like the telekinesis stuff and lufthansa being directly involved with the gezi happening), but usually he has quite good points i can agree with. But of course lufthansa and other touristic attractive countries will be happy when there is turmoil in Turkey. Turkey's loss is their (touristic) gain. Still, I feel this guy knows more what's happening around Turkey than many so-called Turkish politicians

 

[MarkusS]

Lufthansa is our gratest airline....explain me please how we profit from chaos in turkey?

 

[usernameless]

chaos in Turkey is less tourist traffic to Turkey. Even if one tourist travels to another (European) country or flies through another airline, as a result of the chaos, it's a loss for Turkey. Lufthansa/Germany is not the only competitor.