"The elite in Turkey
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Opinion by Elif ŞAFAK
Elif ŞAFAK
True, in every country there is a cultural, social and economic gap between the elite and the people. But in Turkey we like to go overboard on this issue. Some of the members of the Turkish elite give the impression of being afraid of the people. Their distrust is almost visible on their faces. They seem to believe that if they did not control and guide the masses, that is to say �control from above,� those masses are bound to go wrong and therefore, ordinary people cannot be trusted with the democratic machinery. Pursuing similar arguments the elite sound as if there is a �civilizational gap� between themselves and the common people in Turkey."
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