# Boycott_Turkish_products … a popular Saudi campaign that incurred losses for...

It was the result of a great interaction, which was reflected in the trend of international companies for an alternative to Ankara

The popular Saudi campaign to boycott Turkish products on Twitter continues to generate great interaction, at a time when Turkish companies and goods have suffered heavy losses, and in light of a Turkish foreign policy that is preparing Saudi Arabia and the Arab and neighboring countries, and stirring unrest and strife in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.

The Saudi tweeters were active by tagging # boycott_products_turkish on the short blogging network “Twitter”, which harvested about 28 thousand tweets in the last few days, and had a wide interaction that reflected on the direction of many international clothing and fashion companies to manufacture products supplied to the Saudi market outside the state of Turkey. Following the recent increase in Saudi youth’s boycott of Turkish-made clothes.

A number of tweeters expressed their happiness in the elegant and powerful way in which the Saudi youth expressed their anger at the unjustified Turkish hostility to the Kingdom and the Arab countries, especially after the irresponsible statements of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which carried inappropriate projections on the countries of the region last week.

The popular campaign complemented the request of the Chairman of the Council of Saudi Chambers, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Riyadh Chamber, Ajlan Al-Ajlan, to boycott Turkish tourism and products, in addition to investing in Anatolia, indicating that this is the responsibility of the merchant and the consumer together, and in response to the ongoing Turkish campaign of hostility against Saudi Arabia, as he put it. And “Al-Ajlan” wrote on his account on “Twitter”: “Boycotting everything that is Turkish, whether at the level of import, investment or tourism, is the responsibility of every Saudi” merchant and consumer “, in response to the continued hostility of the Turkish government against our leadership, our country and our citizens.

Lesson of story

And in the hashtag, which is at the forefront of the Saudi trend at the time of writing these lines, the journalist Abdullah Al-Bandar wrote praising the painful popular boycott, saying: “The Saudi people were able to teach Erdogan a harsh lesson worth billions of dollars by boycotting Turkish products until Turkey’s companies recognized the damage and begged Saudi Arabia to reach a solution to save it. If the Saudi man loves, he will give, then Akram … and if he gets angry, he will be in pain. “

Journalist Halima Muzaffar cited a previous tweet, saying: “My tweet was in April 2019 AD and nearly two years ago boycotting Turkish products … Erdogan’s regime, which has hatred, hatred and enmity for us, does not deserve its economy even a single riyal serving it in its hostile and terrorist goals! Our country and its leadership is a red line.”

Journalist Salman Al-Dossary, in turn, commented on the trend of international brands to manufacture their products destined for the Saudi market outside Turkey, saying: “For everyone who underestimates their strength in defending their homeland for everyone who repeats the ridiculous saying: We boycott if the government boycotts and we refrain if the government abstains .. to everyone who thinks hostility It will pass without a price .. Here are the Saudis, responding in their painful way to all those who target their homeland: Do not experience Saudi anger. “

Faisal Abdul Karim commented on the popular boycott campaigns, saying: “All their products have alternatives … and their products are neither the best nor the cheapest, but by the nature of the consumer if he gets used to a product of a certain name he does not look for alternatives … Our market shelves are flooded with goods, thank God, and have not been affected by the strength of the crisis. And every producer from any country had an alternative. “

Adding: “The issue for us goes beyond the boundaries of economics and trade to the limits of pride and dignity .. They carry hatred for everything that is Arab and recruit Arabs to kill an Arab and place soldiers in the country, claiming they threaten us and embrace everyone who offends our homeland .. Then we support their economy and give them money to fight us? Good enough!” .

Wide echoes and big losses

The repercussions of the popular boycott reached Turkey, and it reflected negatively on the Turkish merchants and investors, as the head of the Turkish Contractors Union, praised Yeni Gon, admitted his country’s loss of an estimated $ 3 billion in the Middle East last year, and said in statements to the Turkish newspaper, Cumhuriyet: “Our contractors have been exposed. In the Middle East, at least $ 3 billion was lost in the past year, as a result of the impression that was formed against Turkey. “

The annual number of new projects implemented by Turkish contractors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2017 and 2018 was $ 2.1 billion and $ 3 billion, respectively, and those numbers fell to $ 559 million in 2019, and during the first nine months of this year it decreased to $ 21 million. According to what was reported by the Turkish newspaper.

In the same context, the value of Saudi imports of Turkish products plunged to 9.47 billion dollars in 2019, compared to about 12.74 billion dollars in 2015. According to the data of the Saudi Statistics Authority, Saudi Arabia’s imports of Turkish products continued to decline for 5 consecutive years, and were recorded in 2015. About 12.74 billion dollars, then it decreased to 12.06 billion in 2016, then 11.31 billion in 2017, then 10.04 billion in 2018, until it reached 9.47 billion dollars in 2019.

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It was the result of a great interaction, which was reflected in the trend of international companies for an alternative to Ankara

The popular Saudi campaign to boycott Turkish products on Twitter continues to generate great interaction, at a time when Turkish companies and goods have suffered heavy losses, and in light of a Turkish foreign policy that is preparing Saudi Arabia and the Arab and neighboring countries, and stirring unrest and strife in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.

The Saudi tweeters were active by tagging # boycott_products_turkish on the short blogging network “Twitter”, which harvested about 28 thousand tweets in the last few days, and had a wide interaction that reflected on the direction of many international clothing and fashion companies to manufacture products supplied to the Saudi market outside the state of Turkey. Following the recent increase in Saudi youth’s boycott of Turkish-made clothes.

A number of tweeters expressed their happiness in the elegant and powerful way in which the Saudi youth expressed their anger at the unjustified Turkish hostility to the Kingdom and the Arab countries, especially after the irresponsible statements of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which carried inappropriate projections on the countries of the region last week.

The popular campaign complemented the request of the Chairman of the Council of Saudi Chambers, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Riyadh Chamber, Ajlan Al-Ajlan, to boycott Turkish tourism and products, in addition to investing in Anatolia, indicating that this is the responsibility of the merchant and the consumer together, and in response to the ongoing Turkish campaign of hostility against Saudi Arabia, as he put it. And “Al-Ajlan” wrote on his account on “Twitter”: “Boycotting everything that is Turkish, whether at the level of import, investment or tourism, is the responsibility of every Saudi” merchant and consumer “, in response to the continued hostility of the Turkish government against our leadership, our country and our citizens.

Lesson of story

And in the hashtag, which is at the forefront of the Saudi trend at the time of writing these lines, the journalist Abdullah Al-Bandar wrote praising the painful popular boycott, saying: “The Saudi people were able to teach Erdogan a harsh lesson worth billions of dollars by boycotting Turkish products until Turkey’s companies recognized the damage and begged Saudi Arabia to reach a solution to save it. If the Saudi man loves, he will give, then Akram … and if he gets angry, he will be in pain. “

Journalist Halima Muzaffar cited a previous tweet, saying: “My tweet was in April 2019 AD and nearly two years ago boycotting Turkish products … Erdogan’s regime, which has hatred, hatred and enmity for us, does not deserve its economy even a single riyal serving it in its hostile and terrorist goals! Our country and its leadership is a red line.”

Journalist Salman Al-Dossary, in turn, commented on the trend of international brands to manufacture their products destined for the Saudi market outside Turkey, saying: “For everyone who underestimates their strength in defending their homeland for everyone who repeats the ridiculous saying: We boycott if the government boycotts and we refrain if the government abstains .. to everyone who thinks hostility It will pass without a price .. Here are the Saudis, responding in their painful way to all those who target their homeland: Do not experience Saudi anger. “

Faisal Abdul Karim commented on the popular boycott campaigns, saying: “All their products have alternatives … and their products are neither the best nor the cheapest, but by the nature of the consumer if he gets used to a product of a certain name he does not look for alternatives … Our market shelves are flooded with goods, thank God, and have not been affected by the strength of the crisis. And every producer from any country had an alternative. “

Adding: “The issue for us goes beyond the boundaries of economics and trade to the limits of pride and dignity .. They carry hatred for everything that is Arab and recruit Arabs to kill an Arab and place soldiers in the country, claiming they threaten us and embrace everyone who offends our homeland .. Then we support their economy and give them money to fight us? Good enough!” .

Wide echoes and big losses

The repercussions of the popular boycott reached Turkey, and it reflected negatively on the Turkish merchants and investors, as the head of the Turkish Contractors Union, praised Yeni Gon, admitted his country’s loss of an estimated $ 3 billion in the Middle East last year, and said in statements to the Turkish newspaper, Cumhuriyet: “Our contractors have been exposed. In the Middle East, at least $ 3 billion was lost in the past year, as a result of the impression that was formed against Turkey. “

The annual number of new projects implemented by Turkish contractors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2017 and 2018 was $ 2.1 billion and $ 3 billion, respectively, and those numbers fell to $ 559 million in 2019, and during the first nine months of this year it decreased to $ 21 million. According to what was reported by the Turkish newspaper.

In the same context, the value of Saudi imports of Turkish products plunged to 9.47 billion dollars in 2019, compared to about 12.74 billion dollars in 2015. According to the data of the Saudi Statistics Authority, Saudi Arabia’s imports of Turkish products continued to decline for 5 consecutive years, and were recorded in 2015. About 12.74 billion dollars, then it decreased to 12.06 billion in 2016, then 11.31 billion in 2017, then 10.04 billion in 2018, until it reached 9.47 billion dollars in 2019.