Turkey 2020. Economy, Society, Foreign Policy and their possible developments
MILAN, Palazzo Turati
3th conference for the cycle “Turkey Phenomenon”
The conference consisted in a comprehensive reflection on Turkey’s economy, society and foreign policy.
Although Turkey is still perceived in a fragmented way, the country is projected towards the conquest of its new role of regional and international power – hence its idea of focusing on the strengths of what can now be termed as an irreversible process. At the same time, Turkey’s contradictions and problems must not be overlooked.
In Milan more than 700 entrepreneurs and members of the Institutions, 15 Ministers and representatives of the economy and politics of the Northern and Southern shores of the Mediterranean.
A year after the Arab Spring, a complex transition process was underway in the region. An increasing number of difficulties emerged in those countries where the old power structures had displayed a certain degree of resilience and where the economy remained in dire straits.