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Notes for Marmara Forum 2026: The Illusion of European Unity in Times of a Changing Global Order
Dear Dr. Suver, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Many thanks for inviting me to the 29th Eurasian Economic Summit. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to come to Turkey and Istanbul again and for letting me address this distinguished audience, where I can meet some of my former friends and colleagues. We usually begin our speeches here at the Marmara Forum by stressing the complicated state of the world, of Europe, and of the Middle East, but this time it is different. And undoubtedly worse. The title of my last year’s presentation here was “Türkiye as a Pillar of Stability in the Troubled Waters of the Current Era”. The waters close to Turkey are really troubled now. Much more than a year ago. Most of us feel a real danger of a major war.