Gul warns European leaders on racism

Delivering a speech at the third Global Policy Forum held in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl, Turkish President Abdullah Gul has called on European leaders to stick to values such as democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and warned that populist tendencies among European leaders towards migration triggered the radicalization of immigrant societies. At the forum to which he had been invited as guest of honor Gul said the values of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, although having originated in Europe, had a global impact. The forum was held under the auspices of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. This year's forum, titled “The Modern State in the Age of Social Diversity,” focused on issues democracies face in the present-day social diversity such as the correlation of economic efficiency and social equality, the balance between innovation and tradition, maintaining global security and personal freedoms.