ÇETİN AY, "RENT-SEEKING TRAFFIC THAT DELAYS THE ECONOMY"
The economy is like life… It’s actually a journey.
To fly, you first need a solid runway; an honest control tower, powerful engines, and a safe airspace…
But we see that for a long time now, this country’s runway has been opened to completely different flights.
It’s being talked about frequently in public now.
Instead of a transparent, production-oriented economic foundation, we are experiencing a traffic dominated by rent-seeking, favoritism, and unjust gains.
“Pension payments are delayed, workers’ rights are waiting on the runway; rent-seeking is taking flight.”
— Çetin Ay
Look around you…
Industrialists can’t produce because raw material prices have skyrocketed.
Exporters can’t see what’s ahead; exchange rates are volatile, there’s no confidence.
SMEs can’t find financing.
And what about pensioners?
They wait in line for their pensions every month, but that pension melts away before it even reaches their pockets.
Workers wait for months for a meager raise, and the raises they receive disappear in the shadow of inflation.
The reason is clear.
In this country, the runway has long been open to rent-seeking.
And on such a runway, true values cannot take flight.
Dreams are delayed.
Because flight permission is given not to hard work, production, and labor, but to loyalty and rent-seeking.
Everyone who understands economics is saying this now.
It's not just external factors; this systemic disorder within is ruining the economy.
A real investor wants trust.
A real producer wants fair competition.
A real worker wants to receive the reward for their labor on time and fairly.
A real retiree wants to receive a pension not just to make ends meet, but to live in peace.
But as long as rent-seeking continues, none of these desires will be fulfilled.
Unless the runway is cleaned, this country will not get out of this delay.
Unless the flight permission for rent-seeking is revoked, the economy will not recover.
How much longer will young people wait in unemployment queues?
Will workers worry about making ends meet at the end of each month?
Will retirees anxiously await payday?
“If the runway is covered with rent-seeking, hope rots on the apron.”
Çetin Ay
Because Turkey's production power is ready.
Its youth, workers, pensioners, and industrialists are waiting for this country's real takeoff.
Therefore, this message is clear:
The runway will be cleared.
The door to rent-seeking traffic will be closed.
And when that day comes, Turkey's economy will rise without delay.
The only thing that flies from a runway opened by rent-seeking is inflation.
But the flight that will rise with the labor of the nation will happen sooner or later.
This nation is ready for that takeoff.
That day is approaching.
Çetin Ay
International Businessman and Politician