Turkey is one of the heaviest taxed country on earth. We have a saying “when you buy a foreign car, you buy another one for the government” because its taxed at well over 100%. Same applies to most consumer imports. A new iPhone in Turkey is an immense luxury status since it’ll cost more than $2,000 after tarrifs ans taxes.

Erdogan’s regime (including these puppet ministers) have been fucking the people for so long that avoiding taxes is a default first instict just to survive.