Turkey’s Erdogan Adds Energy Bill Discount to Pre-Vote Handouts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised discounted natural gas bills for households for a year in his latest financial giveaway ahead of elections in less than a month.

“We are providing free natural gas used in households’ kitchens and hot water for a year,” Erdogan on Thursday said in a ceremony in Turkey’s northern province of Zonguldak that marked the formal start of gas production at the Black Sea Sakarya field.