Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sharply criticized the new chairman of the Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen (TUSIAD), Orhan Turan, for calling on the government to change the current economic model and adopt more classic lines to tackle high inflation. Hurriyet Daily News ", quoted by BTA.

"I think TUSIAD should never knock on the door of the government if it continues like this. I say you are controlled by the same center. The center is the NRP (the main opposition People's Republican Party) and you speak like them," Erdogan said. addressing the parliamentary group of the ruling Justice and Development Party.

He noted that the government's door "is open only to those who demonstrate a national position".

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Erdogan also criticized the president of TUSIAD for advising the government to approve the candidacies of Sweden and Finland for NATO membership.

"We cannot change our position until Sweden and Finland take clear, concrete and decisive steps in the fight against terrorism," he said.

"You can stand by them, but we will not," Erdogan said.

"You can't teach us about foreign policy. Know your place!" Erdogan told the TUSIAD chairman.

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