152 Quotes by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The world is bigger than five

Die Demokratie ist nur der Zug, auf den wir aufsteigen, bis wir am Ziel sind. Die Moscheen sind unsere Kasernen, die Minarette unsere Bajonette, die Kuppeln unsere Helme und die Gläubigen unsere Soldaten.

Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry.

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.

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.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.