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DEVELOPMENT TIED TO SOVEREIGNTY, SAYS SEZER
Turkish Daily News
Oct 10 2006
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Monday that the only way to
properly exploit the country's resources fully is by preserving
national unity and sovereignty.
Speaking at the conference "Strategic Foresight: The World and
Turkey in the 100th Anniversary of the Republic in 2023," organized
by the Eurasia Strategic Studies Center in Ankara (ASAM), Sezer said:
"Such studies should be carried out by non-governmental organizations
on the basis of scientific and academic criteria. Such initiatives
will have positive impacts on the development of democratic culture
in our country."
"Strategic foresight entails that states develop the ability of
planning and using their own capabilities and resources. If we preserve
our national unity and sovereignty, we can succeed in benefiting
from our national and natural resources as well as technological
opportunities in the most influential way. Therefore, our republic
is based on the principle of national unity and sovereignty," he said.
"Strategic foresight studies revealed that Turkey is expected to
become one of the 10 biggest economies in the world in the next
two decades. In order to reach this target, we should generalize
prosperity, speed up the development of technologic progress and
avoid the destructive impact of globalization," he said.
Sezer stressed: "Turkey's contributions to regional and international
security and stability cannot be ignored. Today's regional and global
conditions show that the world will need Turkey's contributions in
the future."
"The issue of energy is an indispensable part of strategic foresight
and designs. In our age, energy security has become synonymous with
national security. Turkey's position in the East-West and North-South
energy corridors constitutes an important dimension in strategic
equations. Turkey aims at creating a zone of cooperation in its
region. Therefore, our country is trying to do everything in its
power to contribute efforts to find peaceful solutions to disputes
in the Middle East, Balkans and Caucasus," he added.
Meanwhile, ASAM Chairman Faruk Loðoðlu said that democracy, rule
of law, human rights and especially secularism were the main values
of contemporary civilization, and he highlighted the importance of
preserving those values for a better future.
Bahceþehir University Rector Suheyl Batum stressed that political
decision-making mechanisms in Turkey cannot produce the desired
strategy, adding: "Turkey will inevitably face major problems, such
as the recent developments in Iraq and Iran, besides the EU-sponsored
Cyprus and Armenia issues. Political actors in Turkey cannot produce
strategies. In fact, we have to develop long-term strategies instead
of daily ones."
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Turkish Daily News
Oct 10 2006
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Monday that the only way to
properly exploit the country's resources fully is by preserving
national unity and sovereignty.
Speaking at the conference "Strategic Foresight: The World and
Turkey in the 100th Anniversary of the Republic in 2023," organized
by the Eurasia Strategic Studies Center in Ankara (ASAM), Sezer said:
"Such studies should be carried out by non-governmental organizations
on the basis of scientific and academic criteria. Such initiatives
will have positive impacts on the development of democratic culture
in our country."
"Strategic foresight entails that states develop the ability of
planning and using their own capabilities and resources. If we preserve
our national unity and sovereignty, we can succeed in benefiting
from our national and natural resources as well as technological
opportunities in the most influential way. Therefore, our republic
is based on the principle of national unity and sovereignty," he said.
"Strategic foresight studies revealed that Turkey is expected to
become one of the 10 biggest economies in the world in the next
two decades. In order to reach this target, we should generalize
prosperity, speed up the development of technologic progress and
avoid the destructive impact of globalization," he said.
Sezer stressed: "Turkey's contributions to regional and international
security and stability cannot be ignored. Today's regional and global
conditions show that the world will need Turkey's contributions in
the future."
"The issue of energy is an indispensable part of strategic foresight
and designs. In our age, energy security has become synonymous with
national security. Turkey's position in the East-West and North-South
energy corridors constitutes an important dimension in strategic
equations. Turkey aims at creating a zone of cooperation in its
region. Therefore, our country is trying to do everything in its
power to contribute efforts to find peaceful solutions to disputes
in the Middle East, Balkans and Caucasus," he added.
Meanwhile, ASAM Chairman Faruk Loðoðlu said that democracy, rule
of law, human rights and especially secularism were the main values
of contemporary civilization, and he highlighted the importance of
preserving those values for a better future.
Bahceþehir University Rector Suheyl Batum stressed that political
decision-making mechanisms in Turkey cannot produce the desired
strategy, adding: "Turkey will inevitably face major problems, such
as the recent developments in Iraq and Iran, besides the EU-sponsored
Cyprus and Armenia issues. Political actors in Turkey cannot produce
strategies. In fact, we have to develop long-term strategies instead
of daily ones."
--Boundary_(ID_U6GgsJWFCNoISILvBCfqKA )--