ENG - Ali Babacan (born 4 April 1967 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. On August 29, 2007, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in the new cabinet of re-elected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Babacan succeeded Abdullah Gül, who became President. Babacan also continues to be the chief negotiator of Turkey in accession talks with the European Union. He was previously Minister of Economy in the 58th cabinet from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which came to power in November 2002.
He entered politics in 2001 as a co-founder and a Board member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected to parliament as deputy for Ankara on November 3, 2002. He was appointed Minister of Economy on November 18, 2002 and became the youngest member of ...
Speaking at a meeting organized by the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) in Ankara on Wednesday, Economy Minister Ali Babacan said that unemployment was up by around 4.5 percent, and that Turkey could not afford to ignore it.
On the issue of private employment offices, Babacan asserted that this system was active in all developed and developing countries. "Private employment offices are a condition that the Turkish government is expected to meet in line with the EU standards. The people who will be hired temporarily under this scheme will be insured."The government ...
pibi - in poll Ali Babacan The foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece conveyed their common desire to support negotiations for a lasting peace agreement for the island of Cyprus during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the second Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), which took place in İstanbul on April 6-7.
Foreign Minister Ali Babacan met with his counterpart, Dora Bakoyannis, on Monday evening at Çırağan Palace, the venue of the UNAOC Forum. The two ministers sat down for a tête-à-tête meeting, during which they shared a common view of support for the ongoing ...
