Davos Annual Meeting 2008 - Turkey 's Challenges

http://www.weforum.org/annualmeeting 26.01.2008
Turkey 's Challenges
Turkey has undertaken reforms internally to create stability and encourage economic growth. Yet, Turkey must also contend with the competing external influences of the EU, Russia, the Middle East and even China.

How should Turkey craft its foreign policy in light of competing interests?




Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey; Young Global Leader
Ibrahim S. Dabdoub, Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait
Hanzade Dogan Boyner, Chief Executive Officer, Dogan Newspaper Publishing, Dogan Media Group (DYH), Turkey
Aleksey Kudrin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
Suzan Sabanci Dinçer, Board Member and Managing Director, Akbank TAS, Turkey; Young Global Leader

Moderator
Victor Halberstadt, Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University, Netherlands

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[ibolat83]

Nice presentation and discussion about Turkey which brings hopes for the future in its region with its uprising and dominance. Hello to Cyprus problem and Armenian genocide obssessed guys... We are open to discuss what happened in these issues in the past. I think we need to check the pages of history again and face with the truth of Turkish Republic as well as Ottoman Empire which were tolerant other ethnic societies in its borders. Plz keep in touch always...

[EmirateKhalidHussain]

You say "Barberic" Ottomans, right? I don't claim Ottoman was the best. But if you have right to call Ottoman Empire(1299-1922) barberic, then you should research European Western Values(!) in Africa, in South America, in NATIVE America((My latino friends don't say good things about Europeans, frankly)). But although that I believe that I don't have right to criticise today's neither European countries nor Europen nations... C'MON! GUYS! LET'S GIVE UP FUNDAMENTALIST IDEAS!

[Athenaikos]

I like Hanzade; she is really cute but taken I am told.

[jissa683]

so much this lady use the word vigorously anyway she much more better than ali babacan with the big belly go go turkish women

[Datelesswonders]

What's this? Hello there. um....didn't....didn't happen to notice this before but it seems like....it almost seems like you have a video....a video that's an hour long....hmm. Funny....that's a funny thing. Um....do....do you think that's sort of....sort of unfair? I think so....so....you gonna.....gonna not be unfair there, buddy?

[liilu8]

turkey should not join the EU because it was not bulit based on European western values. but based on barberic ottomans not too long a go.

[efesair]

what drugs are you on..?

[Jende677]

let hope that turkey become really big so that they can help our muslim brothers.

[melnorm]

How can they applause both Tayyip and Peres? One should have a backbone.

People can't tolerate hearing the truth of how they didn't move a limb to stop the children murderers.

[harputlutx]

you are wrong all problems can be solved in the parliament, because they are chosen by public, they are the voice of public

[gulipunji]

Turkey's got a lot of problems that will never be straightened out with the people in charge in the parliament.