{"id":19156,"date":"2010-05-22T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T10:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=19156"},"modified":"2013-10-13T00:12:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T21:12:30","slug":"ban-ki-moon-calls-on-turkish-youth-to-take-role-in-world-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/05\/22\/ban-ki-moon-calls-on-turkish-youth-to-take-role-in-world-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Ki-Moon calls on Turkish youth to take role in world politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for young people to take an active role in the world of politics in a remarking speech at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs young people living in Turkey you should aim beyond here for broader security and prosperity in the world,\u201d said Ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Referring to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s visit to Greece last week and Turkey\u2019 efforts to come to an agreement with Iran on the exchange of enriched uranium, Ban said Turkey has a dynamic diplomacy and a solid economy in times of crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He said Turkey\u2019s credibility is increasing more and added that Turkey has three ways to go further in the international arena<\/strong>. First is by increasing its active contribution to the issues in its region and the world. <strong>\u201cTurkey has learned the right to speak up, let your voice be heard and clear on the issues of security and peace. You have to become a force of progress in the region,\u201d said Ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Turkey should do more efforts to give power to women. Thirdly, the alliance of civilizations, an initiative supported by Turkey and many other states, should be an ongoing project. \u201c<strong>I feel proud to be part of this process and the United States will join as the hundredth member. Turkey has been second to none in supporting this initiative and as students of this university you have the power to contribute,\u201d said Ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a former diplomat from South Korea, Ban made an emotional speech on Turkey\u2019s deployment of troops to Korea back in the early 1950s. \u201cWe are all grateful to your sacrifice; you were one of the first to answer the call from the U.N. back then. Turkish soldiers went to fight for liberty and peace in a place where they didn\u2019t know following their government\u2019s orders. Out of 5,000 Turks who fought, nearly 500 of them died, but in the end they were there celebrating the victory with us,\u201d said Ban, adding that Turks and South Koreans have been friends and brothers since then.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Ban said the Cyprus issue would definitely be on his agenda on his meeting with Erdo\u011fan on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/n.php?n=ban-ki-moon-calls-turkish-youth-to-take-role-in-world-politics-2010-05-21\">H\u00fcrriyet Daily News<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for young people to take an active role in the world of politics in a remarking speech at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University on Friday. \u201cAs young people living in Turkey you should aim beyond here for broader security and prosperity in the world,\u201d said Ban. 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