Recep Tayyip Erdogan

All terror groups are bad, and we shall fight them all.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Whatever our Lord says, whatever our beloved Prophet says, we shall follow that path.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb were not and never will be Jewish sites, but Islamic sites.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

A woman who abstains from motherhood saying 'I am working' means she is in fact rejecting motherhood.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If the E.U. is going to make Turkey a full member, we are ready.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We have extradited terrorists to the United States in the past. And we expect the same thing to be done by the…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We are seeing with great grief that America remains quiet as Turkey struggles against terrorism. Because there were promises given to us,…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side are our enemy.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I'm calling on the United States: what kind of strategic partners are we, that you can still host someone whose extradition I…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

A simple caricature, a simple sketch - that's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. But if you draw up a caricature... if…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration,…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Germany and Turkey are two countries that need each other. As political leaders we will leave our offices one day, but our…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There is an attempt to tarnish Turkey by using press freedom when it is in fact measures taken against terrorism, i dispute…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

This (presidential) system will not bear any resemblance to dictatorships under the same name in Africa and Asia, (It) will be unique…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

70 percent of Turkey’s citizens favored the EU; today it is only 50 percent. If you ask if they want Turkey to…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Before anything else, I'm a Muslim. As a Muslim, I try to comply with the requirements of my religion. I have a…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The knife in the hand of a murderer kills, but if you give it to a doctor he will heal with it.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

My nation wants the death penalty. That is the decision of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The whole world is an open, free market. No state can exist without the others.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Every country needs a strong leader in order to progress.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Those who claim we buy oil from Daesh are obliged to prove it. If not, you are slanderer.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Obviously some states are allowed to have weapons of mass destruction while others are not.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Among leaders in Europe there are those who have prejudices against Turkey, like France and Germany.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We have taken a strategic decision to gather education activities under a single roof.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

They came to me with this case of Twitter ignoring case of smeared housewife

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan