“A painful interview with the head of the Central Bank of Turkey.”
The interview of the head of the Central Bank of Turkey with one of the famous journalists of this country, like a news bomb, has attracted the attention of the media and activists of Turkish cyberspace. That too, is a situation where the economic crisis and 3-digit inflation have made life difficult for millions of Turkish families.
The publication of controversial statements about the living conditions of the head of the Central Bank of Turkey and his complaint about the housing rental situation in Istanbul met with many negative reactions. Meanwhile, Erdoğan commissioned one of Turkey’s most important journalists and editors to distract Turkish public opinion from inflation and the 29 lira value of the dollar by conducting a controversial and hopeful interview.
Mrs. Hafizah Ghaya Erkan was appointed as the head of the Central Bank of Turkey 6 months ago by the decree of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. She is the first woman in the history of Turkey to hold this sensitive and important post.
Ghaye Erkan was born in Istanbul in 1982 and after completing his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at Bogaz Ichi Istanbul University, he went to America to continue his studies and in 2005 he graduated in the field of financial engineering and research in financial operations. He researched in the field of management sciences at Harvard Business School and Stanford University and started his career at the famous American banking and financial services company Goldman Sachs.
Ghaye Erkan is a consultant and CEO of several banking and insurance institutions in the United States and is a member of the board of directors of “Tiffany & Co” jewelry. According to the research of the San Francisco Times magazine in 2018, she was the only woman under 40 years old who held the position The president or CEO of the 100 largest American banks was present.
This educated woman with such a track record was introduced as the head of the Central Bank of Turkey this year, according to the proposal of Mehmet Şimşek, the Turkish Treasury Minister. Before he returned to Turkey, the minister assured him that he had spoken to Erdogan and had promised him not to interfere in any way with the decisions of the head of the central bank.
Relying on this promise, Mrs. Ghaye Erkan, contrary to Erdogan’s usual political tradition, raised the bank interest rate as much as possible to put water on the fire of inflation. But these solutions still did not respond and a famous editor was scheduled to interview her and give such a message to the people of Turkey: the head of the central bank is a very qualified and capable woman, and in addition, she has a good influence on the economic and living conditions of the Turkish people. supervises, he lives like a normal citizen and does not even own a government building or property!