Commentary/Esen Çağlar: An assessment of the economic opening of CHP TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar assessed the election studies of the main opposition party announced following the election manifesto of the AKP.

The commentary assessed:

"Following the election manifesto the AKP (Justice and Development Party) announced on April 16, the CHP (Republican People's Party) declared an economic program for 2023 on Wednesday, April 20 and an election manifesto on Friday, April 22. The CHP issued two different economic documents. The 38-page summary booklet is similar to the economics section of the AKP's election manifesto. The report of 191 pages, which includes a more comprehensive analysis and solution alternatives, is deep enough to surprise a number of economists who follow the CHP from a distance, including me. I think this was done on purpose and that the length of the report (longer than necessary) was intended to change the perception that the CHP does not get economics. But first things first, this implies a substantial shift for a party that in the 2007 elections did not even mention the word "economics.""

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