Erdogan

Erdogan seen winning after turning IMF-hooked Turkey into Mideast's model

Press quote (Bloomberg)
Katinka Barysch
10 June 2011

"It still slightly worries me that Erdogan portrays himself as the natural long-term leader of Turkey," Katinka Barysch, deputy director at the Centre for European Reform, said in an interview. "A country too centralised, too focussed on one personality usually leads to very bad decision-making because if one leader is in power for too long he’s usually surrounded by yes-sayers."