I don't know how Turks feel in their own country, I have read lots of criticism about the ruling government, but as an outsider, not a citizen of the country, I feel really amazed with what turkey has achieved in last 20 years, being eagerly awaiting, and requesting to be included in EU, turkey is in a position, in par with the best of European countries in defence productions, power projection, even the EU may be ruing themselves for not including, just because turkey was a Muslim state, and it takes massive planning implementations of projects, and distribution of funds, and so on. Some of the opportunities would have been used to gain power, as it's the most important thing, if you are to implement these projects, planes you need to be in power. Just imagine being still dependent on western weapons, and fulfilling the western leaders political agendas, anticipating the approval of weapons, where turkey would be today and whatever that's going on today, the rule of Erdogan would be remembered outside of turkey, as a golden era, a period he liberation of turkey from the clutches of dependent on western countries, to a position of self sufficiency, strength and a power to be reckoned with.
