Politician

Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that.

Turkey will be in Cyprus forever.

Once the people of Iraq know when the U.S. troops will leave, their confidence in the U.S. will increase.

The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.

A country without a strong leader will go down.

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.

We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.

Family planning, birth control, no Muslim family can practice such an understanding.

The PKK is the number one threat in terms of terror in our country.

I am one of the first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime. I expect an official declaration that Islamophobia is a crime against humanity as well.

I cannot deceive my people.

We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.

If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides behind a rock, then the people will hide behind a mountain.

We have to fight all terrorist groups, and not arm one to fight another.

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

Our country and our nation have again only one message to those who attack us - you will not succeed!

We of course define all terror organizations as threats, but the PKK is the primary threat.