Erdogan irked as major players snub humanitarian summit
Turkey was expecting representatives from "all" countries to attend the first World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul.
Imagine throwing a huge fundraiser. You proudly plan it for months. You invite all the must-have, high-society elites. On the big night, the place is packed, but at the last minute the big spenders — the ones you really want — don't show.
Turkey knows the feeling.
Turkey hosted the first UN World Humanitarian Summit on May 23-24 in Istanbul. Former Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan had predicted in January that "all state and government heads will be coming to Turkey.”
But they didn’t come.
