Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that student loan borrowers would only repay the principal from now on, admitting that keeping interest rates tied to inflation was proving too much for many borrowers, Al-Monitor reported July 18. A July poll by Gezici Research found that 80% of Generation Z Turks — defined as those born after 2000 — would not vote for Erdogan in Turkey's 2023 general election.