"In 2025, Turkey will be one of the 15 global poles and it will assume a role to influence other countries," Mansoor Dailami, manager of the Emerging Global Trends Team of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank, told Wednesday a meeting in Ankara on the release of a World Bank report, "Global Development Perspectives 2011."

Dailami said Turkey could also become one of the richest countries in the world within 20 years with its relatively balanced development coupled with both a vibrant foreign and domestic demand.

"Turkey's economy bodes well for the future with a young population which needs sizable investment in education," Dailami said.