No, it's not just you. The man's a fool.
He can make these statements all he likes, but in reality no-one is going to touch Turkey with the proverbial bargepole when acts like the seizing of the Koza Ipek media group for money laundering because their accounts were "too good" can happen without challenge.
Its depressing to see how Erdogan and his cronies are behaving. I really hope they get another spanking from the voters on Sunday.
JF