Sedat Laçiner has been designated a Young Global Leader in 2006
* Representing Turkey Dr. Sedat Laçiner joins 175 leading executives, public figures and intellectuals under the age of 40 from 50 countries who have been selected to collectively shape the future. * Laçiner is the first Turkish who named YGL in the intellectuals category. Geneva, Switzerland 9 January 2006 - The Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum, proudly announces today that Assist. Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, founding president of Ankara based Turkish think tank the International Strategic Research Organisation (USAK), has been named a Young Global Leader 2006. Laçiner is one of 44 Europeans chosen to become Young Global Leaders in 2006 and will join a global community now including 410 leaders from all regions and stakeholder groups. Dr. Laçiner has been selected YGL in the category of intellectuals. Drawn from a pool of 8,000 candidates from around the world, the Young Global Leaders nominated in 2005 have been selected by a nomination commit...