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Sabanc\u0131 Holding Chairwoman G\u00fcler Sabanc\u0131 says no one in Turkey should say \u2018we\u2019ve done our job and now it\u2019s over,\u2019 in her closing speech at the WEF. AA photo<\/p>\nISTANBUL – H\u00fcrriyet Daily News<\/p>\n
WEF President Klaus Schwab asks if the World Econonic Forum might be held in Istanbul on a regular basis. Prime Minister Erdo\u011fan responds positively saying that Turkey would be pleased to host the event which draws investors and leaders.<\/p>\n
Sabanc\u0131 Holding Chairwoman G\u00fcler Sabanc\u0131 says no one in Turkey should say \u2018we\u2019ve done our job and now it\u2019s over,\u2019 in her closing speech at the WEF. AA photo<\/p>\n
Istanbul could become the yearly host of World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings, EU Minister Egemen Ba\u011f\u0131\u015f has said amid an improvement of relations between the prime minister and Davos officials.<\/p>\n
Every one or two years<\/p>\n
\u201c[WEF President Klaus Schwab] said he wanted to make the WEF in Istanbul a regular event and asked whether this would be appropriate and whether or not we would allow this,\u201d Ba\u011f\u0131\u015f told daily H\u00fcrriyet on June 6 at the end of the three-day event, noting that the WEF head was considering whether to hold the forum in the city every one or two years.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur prime minister said he would be very pleased to host an event that draws the world\u2019s most important investors and leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ba\u011f\u0131\u015f also said Schwab had invited Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan to return to the regular forum in Davos in 2013 and that the Turkish leader would consider the offer.<\/p>\n
Ba\u011f\u0131\u015f said such forums fostered investment in Turkey and that such investments spurred employment.<\/p>\n
\u201cForeign businessmen are looking for an excuse to come to Istanbul.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his closing comments at WEF, Ba\u011f\u0131\u015f said Turkey had become a model not only for the region, including Syria, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, but for the West as well, including Europe and Russia. \u201cBeing a source of inspiration strengthens Turkey\u2019s position \u2026 We hope to repeat the WEF in Istanbul. Welcome to Davos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turkey to be shining example<\/p>\n
G\u00fcler Sabanc\u0131, the chairwoman of one of Turkey\u2019s largest family holdings, Sabanc\u0131 Holding, echoed Ba\u011f\u0131\u015f\u2019s comments in her closing speech, saying she hoped Turkey would be a shining example for the region.<\/p>\n
The chair, however, added that no one in Turkey should say \u201cwe\u2019ve done our job and now it\u2019s over.\u201d Instead, she said Turkey needed to continue along its development path while at the same time promoting democracy, human rights and closing the gender inequality gap.<\/p>\n
Erdo\u011fan has not visited Davos since 2009, when he stormed out due to an argument with Israeli President Shimon Peres.<\/p>\n
June\/08\/2012<\/p>\n
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