Speech by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to the Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security Dear attendants, At the beginning of the new millennium, terrorism which became the most important agenda of the world has become the base of democracy and global security policy not only of Turkey but also of all countries of the world. Today, I wish I could be together with you and share my ideas with you also.  But I am talking to you from another part of the world, a part which is different from the country that you are in, from America.

	Speech by Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu of Turkey  to the Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security Distinguished Guests, Esteemed Colleagues, Scientists and Academicians, Esteemed Members of Media,   It is great pleasure for me to address you and to be together with you our honorable guests who came to Istanbul from different parts of the world on the occasion of opening ceremony of the “Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security” that was organized by our Police Organization.
	Speech by Governor, Director General of TNP Gokhan Aydiner of Turkey Distinguished Ministers, Dear Colleagues, Prominent Scientists and Researchers, All Visitors and Participants Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to salute and welcome all of our distinguished guests on behalf of the Turkish National Police and myself.   Distinguished Guests, About eight months ago, our Prime Minister H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN expressed his views regarding organizing a Conference on combating against international crime and terrorism for global security. Our Minister of Interior H.E. Abdülkadir AKSU has conveyed his orders to us and we have started to work on this project.
	Closing Remarks by Chris W. Eskridge  Executive Director of American Society of Criminology of USA Closing Remarks: Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security June 11, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey As noted, I serve as the Director of the American Society of Criminology, an entity that consists of members from more than 50 countries.  It is our organizations goal to promote the professional interests of criminology as a field of study, and to ultimately realize an enhanced sense of communal justice, not only in the United States, but throughout our world.  It is in that context that I personally become quite excited to see what has transpired here in Istanbul in the last week as representatives from 65 countries have gathered together, and what has been and what continues to be done.