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My nation wants the death penalty. That is the decision of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.
Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb were not and never will be Jewish sites, but Islamic sites.
Among leaders in Europe there are those who have prejudices against Turkey, like France and Germany.
A woman who abstains from motherhood saying 'I am working' means she is in fact rejecting motherhood.
But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.
If the nuclear program is indeed meant only for civil purposes, then it is wrong to impose sanctions.
Our country and our nation have again only one message to those who attack us - you will not succeed!
The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.
If we look at history, we will see that regimes which persecute [their people] do not remain standing.
In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.
There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization
There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization.
Once the people of Iraq know when the U.S. troops will leave, their confidence in the U.S. will increase.
Turkey must feel at ease. It mustn't say, 'For me, it's the European Union at all costs.' That's my view.
Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
If nuclear energy is used for the sake of humanity, then I say yes. But if it is used destructively, then no.
Islamophobia emerged from the Western countries, and this is a challenge that we all together need to surmount.
During the Gezi protests and PKK terror campaigns, the unity and solidarity of the Turkish nation were attacked.
If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.
My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States.
The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.
Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side are our enemy.
In this country, there is a segregation of Black Turks and White Turks. Your brother Tayyip belongs to the Black Turks.
We have a very significant number of Jewish citizens, and they have always been safe and secure where they are in Turkey.
We are against the majority tyrannizing the minority. But we are definitely against the minority tyrannizing the majority.
There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.
Russia is not engaged in a fight against Daesh in Syria. On the contrary, they are actually targeting moderate opposition.
If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them
We have extradited terrorists to the United States in the past. And we expect the same thing to be done by the United States.
We're really willing to see more and more U.S. entrepreneurs conducting investments in Turkey. I'm optimistic for the future.
In the process of the Arab Spring, we have unfortunately seen a development in Syria where the regime has been oppressing its people.
Is Europe a home for an alliance of civilizations or is it a Christian club? If the former is true, then Turkey should be part of it.
I have already said that I find the coalition air strikes to be insufficient. A ground intervention will be necessary to overcome Daesh.
The relations between Russia and Turkey entered into a really positive stage. I am sure that steps we both take will widen our cooperation.
We are concerned that Germany, which has protected the PKK and DHKP-C for years, has become the backyard of the Gulenist terror organisation.
When there is no such thing as religious culture and moral education, serious social problems such as drug addiction and racism fill the gap.
I'm calling on the United States: what kind of strategic partners are we, that you can still host someone whose extradition I have asked for?
The members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria are also part of the Syrian people, and they have the right to exercise their democratic rights.
My legal bond with the A.K.P. may have ended the day I took the presidential oath of office, but my bonds of love have never ended and never will.
Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function that Europe shouldn't underestimate.
A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.
If the EU doesn't want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides dont need to waste their time with negotiations.
It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.
Turkey is a sovereign state, just like the U.S. We might go to different directions, in terms of our impressions and ideas, but we'll always remain friends.
There is no difference, where aims are concerned, between a terrorist with a gun and bomb in his hand and a terrorist who has dollars, euros, and interest rates.
I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.
Attempts by one ethnic group to exercise sovereignty over another are not fair. It doesn't matter if that ethnicity is Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, Chaldean or whatever.
Our bilateral relations and our agreement [between Turkey and America] on the extradition of criminals should dominate and precede actually any inclusion into any list.
Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US.