He said that the government looks at the enterprise as the enemy. Tourism is one of the economies that work well, probably because it is mostly independent of the government. In 2000 they broke the record of ten millions tourists visiting Turkey. Turkey has a pretty large industry that manufactures almost anything. However, the culture of doing research and developing their own processes has not yet been acquired.
Research is a very important capability for sound competition.
Almost every week there is another such story in the press. No one has been convicted yet. The stolen moneys are seldom recovered. The government of Turkey has been discussed all too frequently in this column. My readers must have a pretty good idea of it.