The embassies in question,

Le Figaro, had published at the beginning of last week a letter calling on Ankara to respect a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights calling for the release of Osman Kavala, a businessman and philanthropist 64 years old, born in Paris, imprisoned for four years, without conviction. (…)

Le Figaro, those who had nevertheless become accustomed to the affronts of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

. She points out that a new step has been taken in this country which has become unpredictable, whose foreign policy seems to depend more than ever on the vagaries of its domestic policy.

such a decision, unprecedented in the diplomatic history of Turkey, will have consequences for its relations with the countries concerned, but also on its fragile economy

Le Figaro.

Seven of these states are NATO members, as is Turkey.

Among them, Germany is its main trading partner, the Netherlands has been the main source of foreign investment in the country since 2003, and the United States remains its main supplier of arms.

Le Monde,

dismissing the ambassadors risks opening the door to an unprecedented diplomatic crisis, coupled with a monetary crisis. The Turkish currency continues to devalue. Inflation is one of the highest in the world, at 19.5%. Many households can no longer make ends meet. Finally, the GDP per capita fell to 8,610 dollars per person in 2020, against 12,489 dollars in 2013. Hence the constant loss of popularity of the president and his AKP party in the polls - a first in nineteen years of absolute power. 

Le Monde,

what gain does Erdoğan hope to obtain by burning the bridges with his traditional allies?" "

said an opposition MP.

”(…) United and organized, the opposition is convinced that Erdoğan and his party will lose the next elections, legislative and presidential, scheduled for June 2023. According to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's Party, the president, in through his statements, seeks above all to

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By rekindling the specter of the Western conspiracy, he hopes to galvanize his electoral base.

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 modern Turkey will celebrate the centenary of its creation by Atäturk, of which Erdoğan sees himself as the great and worthy successor.

It is also the date of the presidential elections.

Losing power on this occasion would be a huge humiliation for the current president.

But should he not ask himself if the best way to avoid it would not be to go back?

And to respect at the same time the independence of the judges, its allies, the good political sense, and finally the interests of the Turkish people

Sud-Ouest

Attacks, crisis, famine: fear over Afghanistan."

(…) The Afghan population lives under the threat of the Taliban power and the cities are hit by great economic precariousness,

Two months after the return of the Taliban, the regime remains opaque and it is the vagueness that reigns around the future of the country.

Sud-Ouest

 the regime be recognized abroad?"

What will be the fate of minorities and women?

Will the 37 million Afghans be able to eat their fill?

Will the terrorism that strikes again bring the country to fire and blood?

hot shot at the bakery

L'Est Républicain

 Soaring energy prices, rising raw materials and flour, pressure on wages, with significant recruitment difficulties… under these conditions, a rise in the price of bread seems inevitable. 

Le Parisien.