A quick Google search shows that in 1960 Turkey’ GDP was 14 billion dollars and around 520 dollars per capita which was again 6 smaller than the per capita GDP of the US, 4.5 times smaller of that of Canada etc. but still around or above the world average of 460$ per capita in that year. At the same time the economic giant Pakistan was producing 3 billion dollars of GDP with 82$ Per capita... Now you show me how much ahead were you than Turkey in the 1950s.
The backward shithole Turkey reached your current GDP per capita of around 1500$ in 1977- 40 years before you and your progressive Islamic rule. Of course that like any other country Turkey had it’s periods of economic boom and of economic crisis too and will have them again.
ps All Pakistani, Bengali or whatever other blind Islamists who always bark about secularism and how destructive it is are free to pack their bags and leave Britain or whatever other Western country they currently are living into and move back to their countries. Instead of living in the evil West among the secular backward white devils you can move back to the lands of your ancestors and live happily.
You can't compare Pakistan and Turkey, we are very different in terms of history and 'economy'.
The modern-day region of Turkey was always richer (post-Industrial age) than the modern-day region of Pakistan as it was the first Muslim region to hit the Industrial age. Turkey also had a much more advantageous and strategic geographic position.
As soon as Pakistan was born, it was faced with a war in Kashmir and the largest mass migration in the history of the world. It also had to 'unite' the inherited fractured state of hundreds of different ethnic groups, speaking hundreds of different languages (only 2% of the population spoke the national language), following hundreds of different cultures with many different ideologies and future outlooks.
It did not stop there, Pakistan had to deal with constant revolts throughout the country and the eventual split of East Pakistan in which we lost almost half of our economy and population.
1980's was marked by the Afghan-Soviet war in which millions of Afghans flooded Pakistan creating one of the worst refugee crisis in modern history (even today Pakistan hosts more than a quarter of the world's refugee population). This refugee crisis badly hurt our economy and sky rocketed crime, drugs, communal violence, illegal weapons and etc...
Even then, we did not get a break. Pakistan became the frontline in the war on terror leading to economic decay in all aspects and for a period, throwing our country into into near chaos. Pakistan lost about $100 billion dollars in indirect and direct losses to this war.
After all of this, we've finally seen signs of recovery in all fronts as our economy grows and our situation stabilizes under the sheer determination of the Pakistani people and the iron fists of the Pakistani military.
We basically went through hell and back, most countries would've collapsed and fractured away if they had to deal with what we had to go through. Today, times have changed and I see a very bright future for my country.
