EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (L) greets Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan on May 5, 2009 before an EU finance ministers meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (L) greets Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan on May 5, 2009 before an EU finance ministers meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.

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  1. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Action Party, unseen, during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Turkish Parliament begun discussing the decades-long issue in a tense atmosphere .Erdogan's deputy Ali Babacan is at the left.
  2. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.

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  1. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Action Party, unseen, during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Turkish Parliament begun discussing the decades-long issue in a tense atmosphere .Erdogan's deputy Ali Babacan is at the left.
  2. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (C) sits with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (3rd L), Deputy Prime Ministers Cemil Cicek (2nd L) and Ali Babacan (L), Turkey's top military commander General Ilker Basbug (4th R), Commander of the Land Forces General Isik Kosaner (3rd R), Navy Commander Admiral Esref Yigit (2nd R) and Air Force Commander General Hasan Aksay (R) during a National Security Council meeting in Ankara October 20, 2009.
  3. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (2nd L), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  4. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.
  5. Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L-R) talk prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009. Reform of the world's financial architecture took centre. stage at the semiannual meetings of the International Monetary. Fund and World Bank, and a meeting of Group of Seven finance. officials.
  6. (From L to R) Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn pose for a group photograph before attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.
  7. A handout photo provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) posing for a group photograph on October 6, 2009 before attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul.
  8. Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan (R) shakes hand with U.S Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a special meeting on the International Monetary Fund's release of the 2009 World Economic Outlook at the Istanbul Congress Center in Istanbul on October 4, 2009. The United States today urged global action against 'money laundering and terror financing risks' from Iran and said sanctions against Iranian banks should be implemented by all nations.

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