turkish president recep tayyip erdogan
and a number of arab countries have
called for a boycott
of french goods now while france has
withdrawn its ambassador from turkey
tensions over the issue
are flying high in the muslim world
french dairy products fish and drinks
are no longer available in this store in
the yemeni capital sanaa
the shopkeeper followed the boycott call
from turkish president erdogan and other
leaders in the muslim world
many customers support the decision
all yemenis should boycott french
products this is the least citizens can
do for the sake of the profit
any offense to the profit is an insult
to the entire islamic world
we call for all yemenis to boycott
american israeli and french goods
in many arab countries like syria jordan
and iraq
people took to the streets to show their
anger against what they call french
president macron's
anti-islam agenda that's something
turkish president erdogan accused macron
of
his boycott call has gone viral in many
muslim countries
i'm calling on all my citizens just like
they say don't buy goods with turkish
brands in france
i'm calling to all my citizens from here
to never help french brands or buy them
the french government is trying to calm
the situation
suited to fulfill this mission
and to remind people there is no battle
against french muslims
but against islamic terrorism
but more arab countries like saudi
arabia are encouraging the protests
and condemn the display of cartoons
depicting the prophet muhammad
it's blasphemy in their eyes the french
see it as freedom of expression
but it was the key reason why one
attacker beheaded the public school
teacher
samuel patty
let's get more on this from ed al yalsen
he's a professor of economics at the
constance university of applied sciences
welcome to the program idol
the turkish president and others calling
for the boycott of french goods
should the makers of those be worried
now
to bear in mind the rhetorical
confrontations between
senior politicians from turkey and
france
is a continuation of political tensions
which have started much earlier we are
not only talking about
this freedom of speech there is also uh
a tension uh in the eastern
mediterranean where france has sent
the navy to back uh greece and cyprus
uh because turkish vessels are explore
conducting exploration which is
illegitimate
uh not not accepted from the european
countries
and the standing and the confrontation
we see at the moment
is a clear signal of uh president macron
who considers himself as the spearhead
of european countries is no longer
willed to make any compromise
when it comes to political uh
provocations and actions
from turkey so we are in a difficult
situation
but i have to emphasize when it comes to
actions
from the european side against turkey
then this unanimous standing and backing
of the france
position turns out to be much weaker
well but the boycotts they are spreading
uh to the middle east and beyond and
france's largest employee federation
urged companies to
quote resist the blackmail could this
grow into a full-fledged problem
for french companies
i don't think that you know it's very
difficult to to assess
how how important this is and how long
this will last we have this in the past
already
between uh french companies and uh uh uh
arab countries we had it between the u.s
and france the
the more concerning aspect is uh in
in in how far this tension between
france and turkey in particular
is going to to to damage and destabilize
turkey i mean
and here comes the the problematic point
two weeks ago in the european council
france insisted to impose sanctions for
example against
turkey and turkey's behavior together
with austria
cyprus and greece but there was clearly
an opposition from germany
from hungary from other countries which
are more concerned about the stability
of turkey and less concerned about
whether there will be uh you know like
in the recent days
a problem in the arab world with respect
to the french economy
and while the european commission called
on the turkish president to change his
approach in order not to derail the
blocks attempts to
renew the dialogue with turkey does mr
erdogan
care about that should he
well i i believe you know there is no
everybody can see it and i have been
traveling
through the middle east and turkey over
the last two years trust
is no longer existing between senior
turkish
politicians and major leading european
politicians in particular mr macron is
not going to cooperate at the moment
with the turkish government but at the
same time
and i have to emphasize this putting
aside
with all his wrong behavior the turkish
president and the turkish government
within the turkish society there is a
clear majority
which is not going to accept also what
is happening for example in northern
syria
the standing of the european countries
supporting uh the kurdish
militia the happenings in the eastern
mediterranean
that turkey has to accept uh a
territorial uh uh
agreement which is simply not really uh
understandable from the turkish
perspective so
uh there is the necessity for
cooperation but one should not only
reduce the problem on the turkish
government there is also the turkish
society
and i'm very pessimistic that the
standing of europe will lead to a
solution
economist adal jacin of the constance
university of applied sciences
thank you for your insights thank you