"Kad bih do prije par mjeseci razgovarao sa svojim liberalnim prijateljima u Vašingtonu, oni bi o AKP govorili: 'Zar ona ne vodi Tursku u EU?' Sad kad ih upitam šta misle, oni kažu: "Zar nisu oni ti koji hapse novinare?'" kaže Soner Cagaptay, direktor Istraživačkog programa za Tursku pri Institutu za bliskoistočnu politiku u Vašingtonu.
"When I spoke to my liberal friends in Washington up until a few months ago, they would say about the AK Party, 'Aren’t they taking Turkey into the EU?' Now when I ask them what they think, they say, "Aren’t they the ones arresting journalists?'" said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkey Research Programme at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.