As Turkey revises its annual GDP growth rate for economy down to 3.6% for 2013 it still manages to remain over 25% above the global expansion index for the year. A soft landing for Turkey that plans to grow at a rate of 4% pa in 2014 - 2016 period whilst IMF underlines much lower predictions for India, Russia and South Africa. Ali Babacan states that Turkish economy is being well managed for years ahead