2020 Olympics: Istanbul, we have money and energy
Vice-President, record GDP and 20 million 20-year olds
20 February, 13:17
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, FEBRUARY 20 - The firm political backing of the Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the rapidly growing economy of a young but increasingly emerging nation are the most significant features of Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Turkey's Olympic committee is not put off by regional turbulence and the bridge between the West and Islam that the country is trying to represent is considered a further attribute with which to convince the IOC to bring the torch to the banks of the Bosphorus.
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