HDP Amed MP Garo Paylan said that the economy has begun to collapse not now, but with the dream of the "one-man regime" nourished by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

"Erdogan was dreaming to run the country as a company is run. He wanted to ensure an audit mechanism. The Parliament, judiciary, media, civil society have been already destroyed as he sought to attract supporters of the one-man regime with a special economy. However, there are examples of this in the world and none was successful.”

Paylan compared the AKP-MHP government to "the monster eating its own flesh" and added: "Turkey can exploit all the resources. They are already destroying the future. They exploit workers. They lowered the minimum wage. The government has implemented projects that mostly pollute the environment and are not ecological.”

Paylan answered the question about the relationship between the economy and war policies saying that there is both a direct and indirect relationship, and drew attention to the following: "There is an indirect relationship. When peace and democracy disappear, the country becomes less attractive also economically. Nobody makes investments, foreign capital runs away. Both peace and prosperity disappear. The economy is collapsing and this is a consequence of the war policy.”

Stating that Erdogan is trying to get the consent of the society for economic collapse by reflecting his war policies as obligatory, Paylan added: "There are 12 million unemployed people in Turkey and many employees are under the poverty line.

We are not for the partition of Turkey, not for its fragmentation, there is the issue of peace and democracy, we say. If we work on these issue, we will have both peace and a better economy as a trust environment is built. The HDP has shortcomings, and is under a very heavy attack as the government insists on its war policies. We are working hard to be prepared and explain the relationship between peace and bread in the forthcoming period."