One the one hand, the touristic sector is expected to supply the struggling Turkish economy with a reliable stream of income. On the other hand, the environmentally conscious public and activists are more and more aware and vocal about the immense negative impacts. 

Although the EU regards China as “an economic competitor and a systemic rival”, it remains an attractive economic partner, investment source, and development model for Turkey. However, China’s distinct cultural, political, geographical and economic conditions, along with its sheer size, prevent it from being a complete model.

At the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Istanbul Office’s conference, sociologist and thinker Hartmut Rosa shared a future vision in which politics is formulized not through conflict but through “resonance” to build a better world together. According to him, modernity has failed to fulfill its past promises.