Turkey 2008 - Turkey: Combining Europe and Asia

http://www.weforum.org 31.10.2008
World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia 2008
Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey: Combining Europe and Asia

Historically, Turkey has always been to the fore in bridging West and East. Yet, the country faces a number of new challenges, threatening its ability to maintain this role.

Chaired by
Alpaslan Korkmaz, President, Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT), Turkey
Panellists
Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey
Ibrahim S. Dabdoub, Group Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait; Chair of the Arab Business Council
Ahmet C. Dördüncü, Chief Executive Officer, Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding, Turkey
Ali Y. Koç, President, Koç Information Technology Group, Koç Holding, Turkey
Jean Lemierre, Senior Adviser to the Chairman, BNP Paribas Group, France

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[KURANaSarilalim]

Turkey is already a geographic part of Europe.

Have you heard about Trakien?

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I mean Turkey do not need Europe, but unfortunately Europe needs Turkey as a full member! That is the truth!

[TurkYusuf1]

@EuropeanPenis Are you mentally retarded or just plain ignorant? Turkey is the 17th largest GDP/economy larger than many European countries such as Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, etc so don't fucking compare it to African countries you retard and it has a much larger economy than Greece as well, google it.

[Ma010S]

@Damili1127 It is not a bad thing to be Arab;but Turkic race and Semitic races are totally different ones.Original Turks thousands of the years ago were more similar to Koreans,Japaneses.Today it is a mixed nation.

[Armigo91]

Turkey has always been a greater power in european history. Formerly known as the ottoman empire.

Turkey Always streched up to constantinople or where military engaged near the region.

Thats been happening for thousands of years,

Usually greeks and turks fought for geographic issues.

So they are arabs,

But hey, theyre wealthy.

We could use them. Exspecially wide open trade could help greece maintain their financial issues.

[vSoLaRiSv]

@Damili1127

Religion does dot denote race.

Learn were turkish people originated from.

[Damili1127]

turks are not europeans,lets be realists they are arbas whom we were fighting  100 years ago

[3choBlast3r]

Turk and 100% against the EUnion!

[aporia82]

@deepenhancer in two world wars nearly 70 million killed each other in europe. which renaissance, age of enlightment and romanticism are you talking about my friend ? they are only in museums...

[AnatolyaTurkiye]

@deepenhancer Frankly we see Anglo-Saxon culture as rather barbaric compared to Turkey.

Civilization began in modern day Turkey. We have found Noah's ark in Turkey recently, we have also the oldest buildings in the world, 12,000 years older than Pyramids.

Culturally we are superior to Europeans, especially Anglo-Saxon society.

If you want to talk about economy, geo-politics, and research I can enlighten you further if you want.

[deepenhancer]

I don't understand what Turkey has in common with european culture (renaissance, age of enlightment, romanticism etc). Nothing. It has nothing in common with Europe.

[Metsada007]

@KURANaSarilalim

I don't want Turkey to join, we belong to the Islamic world.

[senersenersener]

It is true that Turkey is a great country..The European Union however is a scary thing.One must wonder why the Union has been brought to life and by whom.Soon there will be a North American Union and an Asian Union.3 great continents all ruled by a select group of people; u tell me if thats scary or not.Now..this gentleman Mr Ali Babacan is a Bilderberg Group member...and that says it all.These people are criminals and their goal is to merge all nations and rule them!The Bankers are their bosses