Ali Babacan

Politician and economist

1967-04-04

Ali Babacan is a Turkish politician and economist who has served in senior ministerial roles and later founded the DEVA Party.

Quotes by Ali Babacan

The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.
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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 carried through on its promise.
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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.
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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 E.U. is not open to northern Cyprus.
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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 money as dollars into its own country due to international restrictions, the U.S.A.'s sanctions. Therefore, when Iran cannot take this money back as currency, they withdraw Turkish lira and buy gold from our market.
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