Pablo

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdağ joked that he watched the popular TV series “Narcos,” which portrays the life of Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar, to gain knowledge on the fight against drugs, as he commented on Turkey’s anti-narcotic efforts.

A few months ago, this column described Turkey as a piano partition composed by Philip Glass: “It finds beauty in itself by repeating itself.” Turkey’s song is repetitive, or ostinato, like in many children’s songs. But it’s hardly entertaining.