Turkey - rich man of Europe ?

Optimistic forecasts for Turkey's economy have recently been bandied about by global financial institutions - like the World Bank. More US influenced puff to sway the EU doubters ? Not so, say local World Bank experts qouted in the Turkish press, 35% growth in ten years will fit neatly in the EU average and all those youngsters are fuel for a boom if education is focused correctly more from Zaman... They would say that though as they recently loaned Turkey a billion dollars more from the US embassy...