Service disruptions have to be avoided or at least resolved as quickly as possible. When the Internet goes down, consumers don't notice the difference between a technical malfunction, an act of sabotage by hackers or a military attack.

I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection.

I am a politician, but I am also a Christian.

Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.

Everyone learns in a crisis.

I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into its own country.

I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.