"Foreign Language Idioms - A New Turkish Idiom, 'Ali Dibo'
“Ali Dibo” — The birthing of a new Turkish idiom
In the last several months a new term for ‘political favoritism’ has emerged in Turkey. The term is “Ali Dibo Şirketi” (Ali Dibo Business-Company) — or just plain “Ali Dibo” for short. And it refers to any company (usually a local municipal one) that ‘wins’ business contracts mainly because of its political ties to the ruling AKP political party."
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