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Those who claim we buy oil from Daesh are obliged to prove it. If not, you are slanderer.
I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.
Obviously some states are allowed to have weapons of mass destruction while others are not.
We of course define all terror organizations as threats, but the PKK is the primary threat.
If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in.
The knife in the hand of a murderer kills, but if you give it to a doctor he will heal with it.
Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.
As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere.
The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.
My nation wants the death penalty. That is the decision of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.
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.
'Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.
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.
A woman who abstains from motherhood saying 'I am working' means she is in fact rejecting motherhood.
Our country and our nation have again only one message to those who attack us - you will not succeed!
If we look at history, we will see that regimes which persecute [their people] do not remain standing.
The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.
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.
Turkey must feel at ease. It mustn't say, 'For me, it's the European Union at all costs.' That's my view.
Once the people of Iraq know when the U.S. troops will leave, their confidence in the U.S. will increase.
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.
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.
If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.
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're really willing to see more and more U.S. entrepreneurs conducting investments in Turkey. I'm optimistic for the future.
We have extradited terrorists to the United States in the past. And we expect the same thing to be done by the United States.
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.
In the process of the Arab Spring, we have unfortunately seen a development in Syria where the regime has been oppressing its people.
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.
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?
We are concerned that Germany, which has protected the PKK and DHKP-C for years, has become the backyard of the Gulenist terror organisation.
An ordinary Turk, an ordinary Arab, an ordinary Tunisian can change history. We believe that democracy is good, and that our people deserve it.
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.