World Bank Turkey

A degree of nervousness has emerged in Turkey in recent years in terms of engaging with the outside world, says the World Bank's country director for Turkey, Martin Raiser, noting that the nation needs to discover its confidence once more as part of its quest to become a high-income nation Turkey has lost some of its gung-ho attitude to the rest of the world in recent years and needs to

Poverty in Turkey is at its lowest level in the last 10 years, World Bank Turkey director Martin Raiser said late on March 10, speaking at a World Bank presentation meeting at the Chamber of Industry in the southern province of Gaziantep.     

?Today, the poverty rate in Turkey is at 5 percent, while 10 years ago it was around 16 percent,? Raiser said.

The EU and Turkey should accelerate accession talks and enhance communication over Customs Union scheme, says World Bank Turkey Director Martin Raiser

Compared to the drive of the first half of the 2000s, Turkey is exhibiting a slower pace of reform, according to the World Bank’s Turkey director.