Erdogan: "To say in Power, leaders must not resist the winds of change"

Addressing the opening of the Leaders of Change Summit in Istanbul yesterday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged leaders not to resist change, commenting on recent developments in the Middle East and northern Iraq. "Leaders that fall behind their people will grow cruel," said Erdogan. "Every leader that is deaf to the demands of society will sooner or later fall to the winds of change." Erdogan also again warned of the dangers of possible NATO intervention in Libya.