Following a call by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to boycott American electronic goods, a district municipality in Ankara has stopped giving licenses to the United States companies including Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King, news website Ahval reported on Thursday.
According to the report, city council of Keçiören Municipality, which is run by Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party, unanimously voted to stop giving new licenses for the companies which has US origin.
Mayor Mustafa Ak said hopes that the decision will inspire other municipalities to make retaliation against the US in “the economic war.”
Turkey has been facing a currency crisis since its relations with the US administration were dramatically strained over a court decision to put American pastor Andrew Brunson under house arrest after almost two years in pretrial detention rather than release him as demanded by the US administration.
Following the court ruling US President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence threatened to impose “large sanctions” on Turkey if Brunson were not freed.
After imposing economic sanctions on two Turkish ministers on Aug. 1 for their role in the detention of evangelical pastor Brunson, President Trump on Friday ramped up his sanctions on Turkey by doubling US tariffs on Turkish aluminum and steel imports to 20 percent and 50 percent, respectively.
Turkish President Erdoğan on Tuesday said Turkey would boycott electronic products from the US in response to a currency crisis caused by US sanctions imposed over the detention of Brunson.
“We will boycott American electronic goods. They may have iPhone, but there’s always Samsung. We have our Venüs Vestel. We will put that into practice so they can understand what we do and what we can do,” Erdoğan said.
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from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/08/16/turkish-municipality-stops-licensing-starbucks-mcdonalds-burger-king/
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