Which is also correct for Turkey. I'm just a data-point, but Facebook showed me that nearly everyone who can get a job and a visa will leave and, IMHO, not just because of Erdoğan. He was the reason I left but I decided to stay in Germany permanently for other reasons, and those other reasons are probably more clear to others now even before leaving the country.
Related: Turkey is not an economic powerhouse at all. You can't have such a fragile economy and still be called that. You think Erdoğan keeps poking at sensitive matters because he has power to do so? Those are just distractions.
Another parallel between our countries is that we both have "centrists" in power that are actually rather on the far-right... well, that happens when all young and progressive minds leave for greener fields. :(
You have two major political parties that have vied for power since the war, and only one of those of is of the right (HDZ).
And it has little to do with "progressive" minds, and everything to do with opportunity. I personally have known Croatians of all politics who have left the country due to lack of opportunity, not because they were progressive.
Also, leaving the country because of lack of opportunity becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
