The Formation of a New Pan-Islamic Union? Warren Pollock January 18, 2002 Warren Pollock Overview Abbdulla Gul, the new PM of Turkey, spent eight years in Saudi Arabia working for the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The activity of that bank remains largely opaque yet it has considerable reach across the Ottoman and Arabian world. Bank members carve out a piece of the globe greater than the European Union. It includes the middle of Africa, Turkey, Arabia, the "Stans" of the former Soviet Union, and Malaysia. Economically the foundation for a Pan-Islamic-Union may be formed and ready for the political mortar...