Turkey: Opening new horizon

Turkey : Defining new horizon
“The only liberal muslim nation along with the vibrant democratic govt. ruling the state in the middle east asia.” Turkey is the connecting link between Asia and Europe, an important ally of USA as an active member of NATO sending his troops in almost every NATO missions along with the troops of UK USA and Germany. Earlier before the opening of Turkish economy to the global world by Turgut Ozal the then prime minister of turkey, turkey was just the resting and acting ground for NATO forces as well as American base for keeping an eye over the developments inside USSR. After the splitting of USSR, then also it remains the same for America as it was before as turkey still depends on the aids from USA.
But with the opening of the Turkish economy, a manufacturing boom arrived into the economy of turkey with people migrating towards cities and framing of a strong democratic govt. with less intervention of the army and ending of the radicalism. Making trade relations with Russia for fulfilling its energy needs and with Iran, turkey reduced its dependency on American aids. In a very short time interval of ten years turkey has transformed from a country having budget deficit of 16% of GDP and 72% of inflation to a country having growth rate of 11.4% in first quarter of 2010 next to china only. And all this is possible because of ERDOGAN’s social conservatism and fiscals cautious economic policies. There was a time when European union rejects Turkish plea of entering into EU, but now under present condition where EU is reeling under debt crisis and turkey one among the greatest six economies of Europe and middle east with large number of palmy entrepreneurs.
With the improved economy and arrival of ERDOGAN as Turkish prime minister, it has started shifting away from the American’s policy of making peace into middle east and establishing itself as one of the major power of middle east in establishing peace in middle east in its own style where there would be no fallout as in case of Americans policies whose consequences was to be bearded by the middle east countries and their citizens. In having this, turkey has improved its relation with Syria by opening the borders with Syria, now more Syrian can enter turkey and this not only improve bilateral ties but also give boom to the marketing of clothes and other lavish items in search of what most of the Syrians visit Turkish cities. Turkish oil companies making ties with the Iranian oil producing companies, rejecting all bans on iran to be forced by USA. In the north, Russia fulfils the energy needs of turkey and Russian cities are the markets for the Turkish shoes and leather bags. On one hand turkey coming close to the muslim middle east nations in solving their problems and on the other its transforming itself into a developed European cum Asian country. Isn’t this the exact face of a muslim country the world is dreaming into its dreams.