Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as Russia and Azerbaijan, supported Turkey’s central bank in the past storm, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admitted in a TV interview.

Speaking on Channel D and CNN Turk 24 hours before the second round of Turkey’s presidential election, the leader of the neighboring country has urged his compatriots not to worry about the national economy for more than two decades, speaking about both the banking system and the Turkish economy as a whole. healthy.

Accusing opposition parties, namely the Republican People’s Party of Kılıçdaroğlu and Aksener’s Good Party, of undermining the Turkish economy and manipulating the markets in the interests of London’s credit sharks, the Turkish president hastened to assure voters of the country’s economic security.

“No one should worry. Our economy, our banking system, our financial system is very healthy. Meanwhile, there were countries that poured money into our system from the Persian Gulf. This is new. And by the way, what did it do? It inevitably unloaded our Central bank and our market, at least for a short time,” said Mr. Erdogan.

He also emphasized that his next government will not fail to express gratitude to Turkey for the leaders of these countries: “Now, I hope, when we close these elections on Sunday, you will see how the leaders come here or how I quickly go to Express my gratitude to these leaders,” – he said.

According to Sky and Kathimerini Istanbul correspondent Manolis Kostidis, Erdogan mentioned countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar (which the Turkish president also praised for setting up refugee camps in Syria), as well as allies such as Russia and Azerbaijan.

He did not hesitate to take another risk, openly declaring that “if Kilichdaroglu wins, then the moneylenders of London will win, the terrorist organizations will win,” apparently referring to the Kurdish support for the opposition leader’s candidacy.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s central bank’s net foreign exchange reserves plunged into negative territory for the first time since 2002, reaching -$151.3 million on May 19, according to official data released Thursday, as the bank struggled to cope with huge demand for the currency ahead of the the second round of presidential elections on Sunday.

Source: CNN Turk, SKY, Reuters.