Turkish Officialdom Outraged Over Economist’s Pre-Election Cover
- Cavusoglu accuses weekly of interference in internal affairs
- Economist called Turkey’s election this year’s most important
Mevlut Cavusoglu
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A cover story by the Economist on Turkey’s elections triggered an angry response from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top officials including the foreign minister, who said he was pulling an article he’d submitted for the weekly.
Hours after Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu asked why the British publication was “attempting to intervene in the internal politics of a country,” the Turkish leader added to the outcry over the cover devoted to next week’s Turkish election. It pictured pins that said “Save Democracy” and “Erdogan Must Go.”