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Certainly, too in Australia there has been, since the late 1950s, a newconfidence in our ability to examine myths and distil realities and a preparednessto disaccord aspects of certain legends that are no longer tenable.White Australia as a restrictive immigration and national icon hasbeen abolished, cultural provincialism is waning, the glorifıcation of imperialsacrifıce and notions of racial superiority are under fire, although,as mentioned above, a considerable backlash, resulting largely from economicfactors, has recently emerged.Then, too, Turkish immigration as well as other arrivals, and vviththem the evolution of a Nevv Australia based, hopefully, on the solidfoundations of the old but also incorporating cultural and social elementsfrom throughout the vvorld, has transformed Australia. Unlike Turkey, wehave not yet had a female Prime Minister of the Commonvvealth.Australians are stili confronting problems-cultural, environmental,economic and social as vvell as the conflict betvveen economic globalizationand the national community. Turkey, as vvell, as we ali know, mustalso pursue sophisticated policies in a host of difficult arenas, rangingfrom religious fundamenetalism, military povver, the Cyprus problem, toglobal pressures and demographic diffıculties.I conclude vvith a fevv remarks, some historical, some quasi-politicaland some personal. We are ali agreed that, although the histories of ourpeoples vvere quite different and often marked by imperial imperatives,and more often than not by ignorance, they did coincide in a remarkableepisode for both countries in 1915. Then again, on a social level, the phenomenathat vvell över 50,000 Turkish migrants and their families are inAustralia has added greatly to our ovvn Australian emerging culture and Ihope vvill continue to do so in levels of society. For instance, vve vvouldali like to see far more Australia/Turkish students at our universities, althoughI am vvell avvare of the vocational and social mobilty requirementsof the fîrst generation of Australian-born children of Turkish migrantsand the problems facing the unskilled vvorking class. But vvhat of the secondand even the third? There is a challenge to be met on ali sides - achallenge vvhich closer academic ties betvveen our two nations, alreadyinaugurated, vvill I trust facilitate.So, too, should trade continue to develop - not just vvheat and carpetsbut that vvhole range of value-added commodities vvhich both countriesare attempting to facilitate and exploit. In 1996 Ausralia exported goodsvvorth $ A 384 million to Turkey but only imported $A74 million vvorthin return. Politically, vve must, in spite of certain tensions vvithin both societies,build on that mutual respect that Atatürk and his soldiers, the verysoul of the nevv Turkey, enjoyed vvith the Anzacs novv almost ali dead,and the Australian and Nevv Zealand people. That respect and meaning isconfırmed by the grovving presence, already noted, of young Antipodeans698