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by halukakin 3734 days ago
Hardly so for Turkey. Important positions in Turkish bureaucracy are being filled by people who have close ties to the ruling party. I guess this is somewhat normal in many countries given that you have some appropriate filters, unfortunately such filters are diminishing every year. Just last week the prime minister announced they would hire 750k long term government employees bypassing the regular procedures and by creating adhoc exams for each position. Regularly Turkey has this nationwide exam called KPSS which you would have to pass to be a government employee, bypassing this exam will even further reduce the government quality. I don't see how people without the necessary qualifications can improve these systems.
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It is bad that decision makers can't on their own see that change is needed, but leaks like this could change public opinion, which is what influences politicians and businesses.
This reminded me 2010 KPSS scandal of Gulenists.I guess they want to go other way around..