There are, today, a greater number of Islamic countries progressing towards democracy or practicing a degree of, some degrees of democracy than a dec… - Bülent Ecevit

After the bipolar world ended and the Soviet Union dissipated, many political circles, or political observers, students in North European countries, thought that Turkey's security value for the Western countries had been considerably diminished. But as a world power, the United States saw the facts earlier than most European countries, and realized that, on the contrary, after the ending of the bipolar world, the geopolitical importance of Turkey would have been augmented very much because, with the ending of the Soviet Union, the merger of Europe and Asia had gained pace and Turkey played a key role, a pivotal role in this merger of the two big continents.

Turkey, is the leader country in democracy and secularism among the countries having a majority of Muslim population.

Happy Greece has returned to democracy. Only wish is that the new government should realise the value of close cooperation between Turkey and Greece.