Wall Street Journal article praises Turkey

In an article entitled "If Greece exists euro zone, add Turkey" which was published on the Wall Street Journal, Kim Hjelmgaard says that Turkey should take the place of Greece, if it leaves the euro zone. "Now, there are all sorts of historical reasons—wars and outright hatred and whatnot—for why the Aegean neighborhood would not take kindly to such musical chairs. But on paper, at least, it's an attractive idea," the article said, adding that Europe needs more economic growth, whereas Turkey has quite a lot of growth with a rate of 8.5% in 2011. "Turkey's status as a Muslim-world power throws up some hurdles for the xenophobes in Berlin and Paris, admittedly, but they might be willing to overlook that once they realized that the average age in Turkey is hovering around the 28-and-change level, far below the European average," the article added.