A federated structure in Iraq based on ethnicity or religious sects will not be healthy. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote
A woman who abstains from motherhood saying ‘I am working’ means she is in fact rejecting motherhood. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote
Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote
Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote
Islam is a religion. It is not an ideology. For a Muslim, there is no such thing as to be against modernity. Why should a Muslim not be a modern person? I, as a Muslim, fulfill all the requirements of my religion, and I live in a democratic, social state. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote
According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote
During the Gezi protests and PKK terror campaigns, the unity and solidarity of the Turkish nation were attacked. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read Quote