Erdogan Urges Voters to Focus on Price of ‘a Bullet,’ Not Food

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the specter of enemies abroad as he sought to counter a homegrown threat to his popularity ahead of elections -- rampant food inflation.

Noting complaints over prices of staples like tomatoes and potatoes, Erdogan on Friday pressed his campaign to stoke nationalist fervor, appealing for Turks to think instead about the “price of a bullet.”