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HARDtalk: Mehmet Simsek, Turkish Finance Minister

05/07/2010

Mehmet Simsek, Turkish Finance Minister

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Mehmet Simsek, Turkish Finance Minister

Stephen Sackur talks to Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's Finance Minister.

Stephen Sackur talks to Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's Finance Minister. Can his country afford to upset Washington and Brussels as it flexes its strategic muscle?

As the dream of EU membership remains a distant prospect, Turkey has been building new political and economic alliances with Arab neighbours Russia and Iran. Mehmet Simsek is Turkey's Finance Minister. Can his country afford to upset Washington and Brussels as it flexes its strategic muscle? He talks to Stephen Sackur.

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