DC: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is cracking down on onions in his country, according to a recently issued edict.
Turmoil in the Turkish economy has led Erdogan to go hunting for onions, as reported by the BBC. “There will be no compromise” for offenders who stockpile them, Erdogan said.
Because of rising inflation rates — the highest in 15 years — the price of onions has risen seven liras per kilogram, which has hit the poor in Turkey very hard. “Onions are the staple of most Turkish dishes,” reports Al-Monitor, “and if one is poor, together with a loaf of bread, one can constitute a meal.”
After the United States levied tariffs on Turkey’s aluminum and steel imports in response to their unwillingness to release the American pastor Andrew Brunson, the lira fell 40 percent against the dollar. read more
It’s a crying shame, that’s what it is.
FFS Recep, your country gets 155 million in foreign aid from the USA and you can’t buy some onions?
“Turkey cracks down on onions” I always fill the turkey’s crack with onions before I pop it in the oven.
He needs to get with Putin. The Russians eat a lot of onions. And cabbage. And beets. And potatoes.
Mmmm. That reminds me of my favorite recipe for Ukrainian Borscht!
Less bad breath in Turkey?
Stockpile onions?
WTF?
I’ve had onions start to rot in a week.
How’d ya like to have a warehouse full of that stinking shit?
Erdogan makes believe he’s the reincarnated Abdul the Damned – and he may well be.
izlamo delenda est …
How long can you keep regular onions? Maybe in a dark cellar they’d keep longer? I know they don’t last long in humidity, above ground.
He’s going after the Babylon Bee next !!!!!!!!
I spent two days in pain last time I got my onions cracked down on.