With the end of the Turkish municipal elections and their shocking results for Erdogan and AKP candidates, especially in the cities of Istanbul and Ankara, the Turkish political circles have begun to talk about the impact of these elections on the Turkish policy towards Syria and the armed groups it hosts in Idlib. That the results of the local elections necessitate the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reconsider his internal and external policies and change them radically.
Those policies that have led to the isolation of Turkey throughout the Middle East and is no longer a desired state among the Western countries, it must review of these policies and retreat into the Turkish interior and pay attention to the deteriorating economy as a result of this wrong approach that suggests that the fate of the AKP is at stake and that the Turkish people tired and frustrated by these clumsy policies and his supporting to the terrorists in Syria, which has led to a decline in his popularity and his party a lot which imposes on his government to address the economic crisis that negatively affected the value of the Turkish lira and made it at its lowest level in almost a quarter century and the decline in job opportunities.
In the same context, informed sources said that Erdogan began to decrease the amount of financial support provided to terrorists in Idlib, including those allocated to restore the infrastructure of the province and other areas of Syria occupied by the Turkish army to stop gradually support for these militants, and the armed factions with their multiple names in Idlib said: The signs of Turkish abandonment began with the defeat of the AKP in the local elections in the major cities and the resentment and popular discontent resulting from Erdogan’s policies will inevitably be reflected in the future to the presidential election due to the decline of confidence in AKP’s policies at all levels.
It should be noted that in conjunction with the local elections in Turkey, the Electoral Commission announced by its president, “Saadi Ghofin” to impose a fine on all those who did not participate in the elections, and did not announce the value the fine for the Turkish citizen not participating in the March 31 elections.
According to Turkish sources reported that in 2017 the Supreme Electoral Commission imposed a fine of 22 lira for anyone who did not participate in the elections.
