In a major concession to young people decrying the ballooning costs of university loans, today President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the government was cancelling student loan interest, a plan originally suggested by the opposition.
“We have agreed in the cabinet meeting that you’ll have to pay back the amount you borrowed, nothing more,” Erdogan said in a move interpreted as an effort to win over the young people who make up 13 million of the 62.4 million Turks set to vote next year.
