Atlantic Community:Global Must Read Article "Turkey and Asia: A Win-Win Scenario"

Abdulkadir Emin Önen, AK Party Member | February 17, 2010

Since assuming power, the AK Party in Turkey has shifted foreign policy eastward. ++ Turkey should continue to strengthen ties with Asia politically, economically, and culturally. ++ This policy shift can be seen through Turkey’s increased trade with Asian countries and greater presence in Asian international organizations such as ASEAN and CICA. ++ “Turkey feels the need to pursue a policy that does not disrupt the balances in Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions in order to avert any debates on axial shift.”

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Sat, Feb 20th 2010, 00:28

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It seems to be a natural outcome of growth in Turkey in various respects to diversify her foreign policies along with her foreign trade relations. This new approach has been recently, summed up by Davutoğlu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, as : “A foreign policy with a scope 360 degrees view worldwide.”

In any case I firmly believe that neither AK Party nor the Turkish people are likely to risk their present relations with the Western World. Neverthelessly the Turkish people rightfully need to develope multilateral relations to meet her rapidly growing diverse needs whether they are commercial, cultural, political, etc.

This is inevitable in order to keep in pace with the worldwide trends of rapid developement in many respects in the 21st century which is likely to turn out to be an era of information explosion…

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Mustafa