Swimming lessons

Geopolitics is playing to Turkey’s advantage. Investors have taken note. The IMF and the EU should make sure the country stays on track. The economic and political news is hardly encouraging. GDP is now expected to contract by 3.6% in 2009. And the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) heavy-handed approach, both abroad and at home, has raised concerns that the country’s reformist bloc has lost sight of its goal. There are even worries that the country’s longstanding civil-military tensio...