Fatih Erbakan, leader of the Welfare Party, criticized Turkey's reliance on agricultural imports at the Sakarya Provincial Presidency's 2nd Ordinary Congress and Youth Festival. He blamed this on flawed agricultural policies that have led to the shutdown of public sugar factories and a reliance on imports for basic agricultural products, including sugar. Erbakan also outlined the party's plans to revitalize the economy, which include the 'National Resource Packages', a strategy aimed at prioritizing the nation and the oppressed, and measures such as a 100% salary increase for civil servants and workers, and appointments for teachers, among other benefits, if the party were to come to power.