Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Is Europe a home for an alliance of civilizations or is it a Christian club? If the former is true, then Turkey…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria are also part of the Syrian people, and they have the right to exercise…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey wants to be treated by the same standards as other countries. If you compare us to some other newly accepted EU…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Our bilateral relations and our agreement [between Turkey and America] on the extradition of criminals should dominate and precede actually any inclusion…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There are people who say that "Gül can't be my president". These people don't have good manners for and they should renounce…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously,…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey is a sovereign state, just like the U.S. We might go to different directions, in terms of our impressions and ideas,…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

It is not a process of bargaining or give-and-take. The peace process is not about giving concessions. We will not allow any…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We are concerned that Germany, which has protected the PKK and DHKP-C for years, has become the backyard of the Gulenist terror…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The relations between Russia and Turkey entered into a really positive stage. I am sure that steps we both take will widen…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In this country, there is a segregation of Black Turks and White Turks. Your brother Tayyip belongs to the Black Turks.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

During the Gezi protests and PKK terror campaigns, the unity and solidarity of the Turkish nation were attacked.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion,…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey's path toward Europe started back in 1959, almost 50 years ago. But we have been pushed to the side ever since.…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We have a very significant number of Jewish citizens, and they have always been safe and secure where they are in Turkey.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I went back in British history. Some 204 people died there after a mine collapsed in 1838. In 1866, 361 miners died…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Islamophobia emerged from the Western countries, and this is a challenge that we all together need to surmount.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ from one country to another- of democratization…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I have already said that I find the coalition air strikes to be insufficient. A ground intervention will be necessary to overcome…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If during their education our youths become alienated from their language, history, ancestors, culture and civilization, it means there is a very…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There is no difference, where aims are concerned, between a terrorist with a gun and bomb in his hand and a terrorist…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If the EU doesn’'t want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides don’t…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan