Captain And Crew

BY ISMAIL KUCUKKAYA
AKSAM- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues his visits abroad. Probably any other leader hasn’t had such a busy agenda abroad in such a short period of time. He sometimes visited 3-4 European capital cities, the US, People’s Republic of China, etc. Obviously, these visits and the meetings held with leaders provided him experienced greatly. Erdogan not only works hard for our EU membership bid, but also trying to be known and accepted in Turkey and abroad. He’s trying to be slip out of the title of mayor and reach the position of the leader of a middle-scaled important country. I had the opportunity of observing him closely during his visits abroad. Erdogan follows a balanced policy concerning the press. In spite of all initiatives, he doesn’t make private interviews. He’s different from other leaders with this characteristic. He maintains the same distance against the business world as well.
Of course certain corruptions and irregularities occur in every government and country. However, there was a strong belief in the public that there won’t be corruption in the AKP government. On the other hand, the business world thinks ‘let’s wait and see.’ Although the stabilization in the economy gives hope, the lack of investments are worrying. However, the attitude of expectancy is continuing. The AKP received the support of wide masses because it’s completely ‘different.’ If the AKP starts to looks like other parties and Erdogan resembles other leaders, there would be the collapse. Erdogan was defining himself the ‘captain transporting the ship to secure harbors.’ It’s a correct definition but there is a problem with the crew.