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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered his ministers to stop receiving consulting services from the American company McKinsey after the deal was criticized by the main opposition.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) at a meeting in the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey on 2 October 2018. REUTERS / Umit Bektas
Last month, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, also Erdogan's son-in-law, announced that Turkey had decided to collaborate with McKinsey as part of the implementation of a new medium-term economic program. .
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition party, the Party of the Republican Party (CHP), accused Erdogan this week of taking sides with US companies at a time when relations with Washington have been affected by the detention of a pastor American evangelical in Turkey.
"This person (Kilicdaroglu) is trying to pin us down by asking questions about a consulting firm that has been paid in full to help our economic management," Erdogan told members of his party, the ruling party.
"In order not to give him that chance … I told all my ministers to no longer receive advice from them (McKinsey)."
McKinsey was not immediately available for comment.
Report by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Edited by Andrew Heavens
