Turkish Wirtschaftswunder
By Soner Cagaptay
Hurriyet Daily News, October 23, 2011
Welcome to the new Turkey: a strong economy and a strong foreign policy, at least until 2020.
In the 1950s, Germany experienced a decade of sustained economic growth known as Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle), which transformed the country into a major European power. Since 2002, Turkey has been experiencing its own decade-long Wirtschaftswunder, casting Ankara as the dominant power in its neighborhood.
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