Let's leave the politics aside and focus on knowledge-based Turkey

Yiğit BULUT, 15 November 2013 We seem to have a social condition. We consider every issue from a political perspective and when questioning the future of politics, we ignore how political developments influence/will influence the whole... The same perspective manifests itself within certain circles in Turkey. When challenging Erdogan, they only see through "political glasses" while they should be trying to see what Erdogan has done for Turkey and how he changed the country in general for the better. Politics is merely an instrument in this endeavour but never a goal for those who have ideas for future. Well then, where is Turkey heading to? Turkey is rapidly progressing towards a second decade built on faith-knowledge-production and 2023 goals seem closer now... I had previously discussed the concept of knowledge-based Turkey and written the following lines: "Those who are questioning the presidential system and its dynamics fail to notice the most crucial detail: Prime Minister Erdoğan is progressing from an 'X-based decade’ towards a 'knowledge-based Turkey’ and the presidential system is a sine qua non of that... How will the period of transition to a 'knowledge-based Turkey’ fare and most important of all, what are the steps that the President has in mind? Turkey will be a leader within the New World Order. Turkey will have attained the transition to a faith-knowledge-production based structure..." I want to underline once again that during the transition to a faith-knowledge-production based Turkey; significant change might occur and will occur in bureaucracy and human resources. That does not mean that certain people will be excluded. On the contrary, in this process, those who will assume technical responsibilities, who wish to see a greater Turkey in any field, who have shouldered and were exhausted by the onerous burden of the last decade without any complaints, who say "I should give my successors the opportunity to carry this burden" are handing over their mission and position to successors. Especially those who have put their hearts into Turkey have the faith and capacity to do this. Turkey will smoothly proceed to the next era. Conclusion: Those who have assumed various tasks in the last decade endured immense hardship and acted in a way as if they were risking their lives... Today, it is easy to talk about that but in the past, there have been such nights where people said goodbye to each other and waited for the morning to come. Thanks to these steps, we have made it till today. No one should doubt that those, who have grasped the meaning of the whole period, will wish to build the future with the same awareness, faith and determination. I would like to remind once again that we are entering a new decade where Turkey needs to take huge steps and to say that now is the time to do anything we can for our children and grandchildren.