Ali Babacan Quotes

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• When Turkey buys Iranian oil, we pay for it in Turkish lira... However, it is not possible for Iran to take that money as dollars…
• The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.
• We have been talking with leaders: Change is coming; you can no longer have a closed regime with an open society - satellites, social media,…
• Turkey is going through an incredible economic, political and social transformation. What is most important is that Turkey has been the owner of this transformation.…
• Turkey has a young and growing population. Until recently, this was perceived as a problem, a burden that Turkey would bring to the E.U. But…
• Turkey does not have an official exchange rate target.
• Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.
• Turkey will not let Turkish territory or airspace be used in any activity that could harm the security or safety of Syria.
• Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey.
• Leave history to historians.
• Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.
• Islam and democracy can function together.
• A country which has a population 99% as their faith in Islam can also be a country which are subscribing to the universal values of…
• Turkey is widely envied while there are very serious troubles in the world economy.
• Those looking from Europe see Turkey as an economic success, whereas others from the Middle East see Turkey as a democratic success.
• Greece is not an easy country to do business in.
• The E.U. initially decided to end the isolation of Turkish Cyprus, to balance the accession of Cyprus. But the E.U. has not carried through on…
• It is unfair to ask Turkey to make a unilateral concession to take goods from Cyprus within the customs union when the E.U. is not…

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