... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...has ordered his ministers not to receive any financial advice from the American consulting firm McKinsey, as his country is in an "economic war" with the United States.
The president told members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Saturday that he called on the ministers that instead of receiving financial advice from McKinsey & Company, they should rely on domestic capabilities.
It was recently reported that Ankara was seeking advice from the New York-based global management consultancy firm to resolve economic hardships as inflation has recently been hiking with
The move has sparked harsh criticism from members of the opposition parties, who accused Ankara of handing over the country’s economic secrets to the firm.
During the Saturday meeting with the AK party, Erdogan also said that the country is not plagued with financial crisis and that this is "opportunists" who use volatility in the foreign exchange rate to raise prices.