The reaction to Istanbul-based diplomats

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an personally expresses the need to open up to foreign countries. He has said, "The aim of the terror attacks is to make Turkey withdraw inward." 

To become introverted is negative because it would block Turkey and stop it from reaching its 2023 targets. The 2023 targets are at stake. 

So, is it worth the risk for the sake of bringing into line those who support journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül? Is it worth the sacrifice? 

Turkey has to meet its targets to reach the power and grandness it longs for. If there are those who do not want a powerful and great Turkey, then one has to be vigilant and careful against their traps. 

We know the response Erdo?an thinks that should be given to such threats. As he has repeated many times, the correct response is to continue on the path without stopping, hesitating, diverting, waiting or detouring.   
As a matter of fact, we are further distancing from the determined target every passing day. Time works against a powerful Turkey, not in favor of it. 

This is because exports, national income per capita and similar figures are either non-changing or have been declining. 

When data is reviewed, we can see it has already become difficult to be able to finish our homework for 2023. There are even businessmen who say it has become impossible to reach the power and grandness sought in 2023. 

Under these conditions, let us ponder whether the jailing of journalists Dündar and Gül is more important than Turkey's 2023 targets and its isolation. Does the reaction we have shown to consuls general present at the journalists' court session serve Turkey's interests or bring further isolation? 

It is a matter of basic choices. If we are to...