Mohamed Kaouche/Demotix. All rights reserved.Dear Mr. President,
In these difficult and dangerous days for Turkey, the role of head of state is the most difficult and loneliest of all. Surrounded by people with all manner of advice to offer, in the end you have to make or endorse the key decisions, and you can probably do without another voice – let along a foreign one - muddying the waters.
Nevertheless I would like you to hear mine. As a British citizen with a Turkish wife I have followed your career with interest but also, in the last few years, with increasing concern. As mayor of Istanbul you made much-needed changes to a shamefully neglected great city, and its modern transportation system and clean air are now a fitting testament to your efforts as mayor; Turkey’s continuing economic dynamism under your prime ministership is something of which you can be justly proud.
