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| Turkey crisis: Erdogan vows to boycott US electronics |
| 2018-08-14 |
| [Ajazeera] Turkey's president fired a new salvo in the growing war of words with the United States on Tuesday, saying Ankara will boycott all American-made electronic products. Showing no signs of backing down in the standoff, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would stop procuring US-made iPhones and buy Korean Samsung or Turkish-made Vestel products instead. "If they have the iPhone, there is Samsung elsewhere. We have Vestel." It was unclear how Erdogan intended to enforce the boycott. Over the last few days, Turkey has seen a significant devaluation of its currency the lira, which has lost more than 45 percent of its value this year. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Turkey has electricity? How unislamic. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-08-14 17:32 |
| #5 Still Qualcomm patents in those Samsung phone Erdogan. Going to get around their payments? Also, last I checked Android OS is from Google an American company... even if it censors the Mormons off of YouTube. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-08-14 13:21 |
| #4 with the value of the one Turkish Lira down to about $0.15, its going to be way more difficult to buy any smart phones in Turkey maybe second hand flip phones, whether iPhone or other make, would be a better way to go for new users |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-08-14 11:05 |
| #3 Trump Blocks Fighter Jet Transfer Amid Deepening U.S.-Turkey Rift U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a defense policy bill that will hold up the transfer to Turkey of 100 F-35 fighter jets, deepening a rift between the two countries over the ongoing imprisonment of an American pastor in Turkey. |
| Posted by: Thumper White1952 2018-08-14 09:41 |
| #2 They're all made in China anyway. How is this a bad thing? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-14 09:31 |
| #1 Ok. The F-35 has lots of that in it so we will just save you the trouble and not deliver them to you. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-08-14 09:08 |