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Ali Babacan

(1967) Politician Turkey

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Ali Babacan is a politician from Turkey.

Quick Facts About Ali Babacan

Born: April 4, 1967
Nationality: Turkey
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Message by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Ali Babacan, on the occasion of the human rights day
Spouse: Ulku Zeynep Babacan

About Ali Babacan

Ali Babacan is a Turkish politician, economist, and engineer. He is the founder and current leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). He served 13 years as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, Chief Negotiator for the EU and Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2002 to 2015. He was a member of the parliament as well.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Fulbright Scholarship

Quotes by Ali Babacan

Turkey is widely envied while there are very serious troubles in the world economy.

Economy

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Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.

Driver

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Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.

Competitive

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Turkeys energy bill due to imports will fall with the increase in use of renewable energy sources. We have no control over…

Bills

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Those looking from Europe see Turkey as an economic success, whereas others from the Middle East see Turkey as a democratic success.

Democratic

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A country which has a population 99% as their faith in Islam can also be a country which are subscribing to the…

Also

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Greece is not an easy country to do business in.

Business

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Turkey does not have an official exchange rate target.

Does

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Islam and democracy can function together.

Democracy

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Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey.

Become

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It is unfair to ask Turkey to make a unilateral concession to take goods from Cyprus within the customs union when the…

Ask

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Turkey shares Europe's fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law.

Democracy

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Turkey will not let Turkish territory or airspace be used in any activity that could harm the security or safety of Syria.

Activity

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The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.

Big fish

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Leave history to historians.

Historians

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The E.U. initially decided to end the isolation of Turkish Cyprus, to balance the accession of Cyprus. But the E.U. has not…

Balance

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Turkey's energy bill due to imports will fall with the increase in use of renewable energy sources. We have no control over…

Bill

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Turkey has a young and growing population. Until recently, this was perceived as a problem, a burden that Turkey would bring to…

Asset

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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…

Country

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We have been talking with leaders: Change is coming; you can no longer have a closed regime with an open society -…

Been

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'The Economist' is a biased organization.

Biased

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Openly speaking, the only formula that will save Greece's future is more trade with Turkey and more investment with Turkey.

Formula

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Turkey is going through an incredible economic, political and social transformation. What is most important is that Turkey has been the owner…

Been

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Turkey's economy is powerful enough to tackle tough times.

Economy

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