Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is experimenting with a very different method than his previous methods. He is announcing at almost every rally the opening of a new project.

The opposition may feel that this is their major weakness, and therefore see it as an area of unfair competition, writes Huseyin Akkoyunlu. But the mouth of the people is not a bag that can be tied, and you have to clarify, he says. "If a madman throws a stone into a well, you will not be able to get it out," he adds.