Turkey Sits Proud at EBRD Meeting
By Joe Parkinson
AFP/Getty Images/Ozan Kose
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2013 annual meeting and business forum opening session on May 10, 2013, in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL—It was the perfect platform for a well-honed pitch.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Friday with a simple yet familiar message for states of emerging Europe, Eurasia and North Africa: try to be more like Turkey.
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