Difference between revisions of "Power - Virtuous Power"
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| + | == External links and references == | ||
| + | * [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/virtuous-power-new-defense-doctrine-turkish-president.aspx?pageID=238&nID=17784&NewsCatID=338 Virtuous power new defense doctrine: Turkish president (Daily News)] | ||
| + | * [http://www.tccb.gov.tr/speeches-statements/344/87262/he-president-abdullah-guls-addreb-on-the-occasion-of-the-commencement-of-the-new-legislative-year-of.html H.E. President Abdullah Gül’s Address on the Occasion of the Commencement of the New Legislative Year of the TBMM] | ||
| + | * [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17994865 Turkey profile] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:50, 8 April 2014
Notion of power which implies a full commitment to the safeguard of human rights and justice and whose objectives should be pursued and achieved by mutual cooperation, even in cases of military intervention. Virtuous power is not ambitious or expansionist in any sense and it is a power that knows what is wrong and what is right and is capable of standing behind it. In April 2012, the Turkish President Abdullah Gül gave a speech in front of the country’s highest military functionaries on the need for Turkey to become a virtuous power in a region whose fragile equilibrium is threatened by sociopolitical instability.
