Taner yildiz biography of barack obama
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Turkish Delight: Commercial Opportunities in Turkey's Growing Economy
By Ryan Barnes
The world’s fastest growing economy is not China, not India, not Brazil, but Turkey. Yes, Turkey, with GDP expanding by a staggering 11 percent in the first quarter of 2011. This actually comes as no surprise to Turkey observers. The economy has made great strides in recent years, growing by more than $500 billion since 2001, and by nearly 9 percent in 2010.i And Ankara is not being complacent. The Turkish Government has set the ambitious economic goals of becoming the 10th largest economy in the world and reaching $500 billion in exports by 2023 – the 100th anniversary of the founding of the modern Turkish republic. These positive developments present a great opportunity for the United States to increase commercial ties with a strategic partner and growing economy.
Turkey was not always seen as an economic dynamo. In 2000 and 2001, it experienced its own financial crisis, with high inflati
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Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic
A solemn ceremony has been held in Selim, the Turkish province of Kars, on the occasion of the groundbreaking of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP).
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili attended the ceremony.
The ceremony started with demonstration of a spelfilm about TANAP. The agreement on the project was signed in Istanbul in 2012.
The project will link the expanded South Caucasus Pipeline, which starts in Azerbaijan, with several pipelines in the europeisk Union. The project will be carried out in several stages, with the first ending in 2018. The planned capacity of the pipeline will be 16 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year bygd 2020, and will be increased later up to 23 billion cubic metres by 2023 and 31 billion cubic metres bygd 2026. Ten billion cubic metres of the första 16
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Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit: “New Opportunities in a Dynamic Region”
Welcome:
Frederick Kempe,
President and CEO,
The Atlantic Council
Ross Wilson,
Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center,
The Atlantic Council
Introduction:
The Honorable Francis Ricciardone Jr.,
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey
Keynote Speakers:
Minister Taner Yildiz,
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources,
Republic of Turkey
Zbigniew Brzezinski,
Former National Security Advisor,
Atlantic Council International Advisory Board
Phillip Rosler, M.D.,
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology,
Vice Chancellor of Germany
Ali Babacan,
Deputy Prime Minister,
Republic of Turkey
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012
Transcript by
Federal News Service
Washington, D.C.
FREDERICK KEMPE: Your – excuse me – your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I’m Fred Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council. Welcome to the f