Erdogan calls for Turkish boycott of U.S.-made electronics, singling out Apple's iPhone
Source: The Washington Post
By Kareem Fahim
August 14 at 6:42 AM
ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey would boycott U.S.-made electronic products, escalating a feud with the Trump administration that has contributed to the rapid decline of the Turkish currency.
The currency, the lira, tumbled against the dollar last week when President Trump said he was doubling tariffs on imported Turkish metals to punish Erdogan for refusing to free an American pastor currently on trial in Turkey. The argument over the pastor, Andrew Brunson, has sparked the worst crisis between the NATO allies in decades and led to fears that Turkeys economic problems could cause a new global financial crisis.
We are going to apply a boycott on America's electronic products, Erdogan said Tuesday during a televised speech, adding that there were alternatives, produced by South Korean or Turkish companies. He did not say when the boycott would start or how it would be enforced.
If they have the iPhone, there is Samsung on the other side, he said, referring to the phone by Apple that became closely associated with Erdogan himself two years ago when he used the phones FaceTime feature to rally citizens during a failed coup attempt.
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)All these electronics are made in China and the Far East, doesnt he?
BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)One of the biggest (if not the biggest) cell brands internationally was Nokia. But it eventually fell to the rising smartphone tech and was never really able to keep up, despite its Symbian OS. It was eventually bought and used by Microsoft as a hardware platform but still languished until sold off to a Foxconn subsidiary... It is slowly clawing its way back.
tavernier
(12,388 posts)mainer
(12,022 posts)What a sad state of affairs. Turks love Americans, but Erdogan is turning them against us.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)These RW dictators all seem to support each other's tactics
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Brunson is a Christian minister whos probably allied with Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric (currently residing in the US) whos number one on Erdogans shit list.
The Turks will release Brunson if we hand over Gulen...but since Erdogan will have Gulen shot, we wont hand him over.