Hundreds ask where missing $128 bln was spent during Erdoğan's live broadcast

Hundreds of people have asked President Erdoğan where the missing $128 billion was spent during a live broadcast on YouTube. Erdoğan's AKP has been denying that $128 billion went missing from the Central Bank's FX reserves and accusing the CHP of lying.

Sunday May 09 2021 03:52 pm

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Hundreds of people have asked where the missing $128 billion was spent during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's live broadcast on YouTube.

The chat section of the broadcast on May 8 was filled with people asking the fate of the money, with some only writing the number.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has been asking where the missing $128 billion dollars in Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves were spent as part of a political campaign that drew a harsh rebuke from Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

While no plausible explanation was provided on where the money went, Erdoğan and the AKP accused the CHP of lying and went as far as to prepare a cartoon that depicted the main opposition headquarters as a "lie production center."

The CHP's banners asking the fate of the money have also been taken down by police across the country.

Erdoğan has previously denied that there's a gap in Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves, saying that the money got into circulation.

The number of likes and dislikes the May 8 broadcast received was hidden, bringing a similar incident of last year to mind.

Erdoğan's team on June 26, 2020 was forced to hide comments during a live broadcast after pouring criticisms from students, with the video receiving over 368,000 dislikes on YouTube. The number of likes remained significantly lower with 107,000.