How could investors trust this trio?

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is in New York talking to investors. He met with U.S. businessmen and Goldman Sachs direct investors. He was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek. In his meeting with the investors, the PM said the negativities experienced in Turkey's domestic politics and economic performance were temporary and they would not leave any permanent damage.

I could not stop myself from thinking, "What a tough job Davuto?lu has." You are visiting investors at their place and inviting them to invest in Turkey but somehow you have a "lame duck" appearance. How can the investors trust this trio and decide to invest? 

The PM is planning to change the constitution after the elections and leave his place to Recep Tayyip Erdo?an as the "president." The Deputy PM cannot run for office in the election because of the party's three-term ban; he will have to leave his post.

If the presidential system is adopted and Erdo?an becomes the president, their ideas on economic management are not compatible with each other. The investors would remember the very recent command, "Get your act together."

The finance minister is in the same situation; he does not have compatible ideas with the president on economic management.

How will the investors trust the pledges of this trio and their plans about the future of the economy?

Insisting on the lie

The pro-government media had a first yesterday; 13 columnists from dailies Star, Yeni ?afak, Sabah, Yeni Akit and Türkiye had the same title in their columns. The topic is the Kabata? lie. I don't know if they thought that if they made a chorus and cried out loud, people would believe a lie?

Yeni ?afak's Ankara...