The latest data issued by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance in Turkey, according to the “Turkey Now” website, showed that the “Justice and Development” government headed by Erdogan has become dependent on the fines it imposes on citizens to compensate for the budget deficit, and the value of the fines amounted to about 11 billion and 48 million pounds within 9 months. From the current year 2020, while the Turkish people are suffering from severe economic crises. The Turkish Minister of Treasury and Finance, Berat Albayrak, imposed fines against citizens who did not wear medical masks, as well as increasing the value of traffic fines and tax violations, to compensate for the budget deficit.
Budget data for the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, by collecting 11 billion and 48 million pounds in the first nine months of this year, to record an increase of 15.6% compared to the same period last year, and it is expected that the value of fines will reach by the end of this year to 14.4 billion liras. The clause of administrative fines increased from January to September of this year, to 5.7 billion pounds, registering an increase of 36.8% compared to the same month of last year, while the item of tax fines reached 4.6 billion pounds, and the clause of judicial fines reached 399.3 million pounds. Other fines revenue rose to 332.2 million pounds, an increase of 70.9%.
For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron said that a man slaughtered a history teacher who showed his students in preparatory school caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad with this attack targeting freedom of expression. "The citizen was killed today because he was a teacher and because he taught the students freedom of expression. The whole country stands with the teachers. The terrorists will not divide France ... obscurantism will not win," Macron continued, saying, near the school where the teacher was killed.
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