Different people Quotes by Burhan Sonmez

Istanbul is divided by time, not space. The first Istanbul is the Istanbul of the past. A long time ago, during the empire, it…

— Burhan Sonmez

People feel that the beauty of the Istanbul is something we used to have in the past or something we will have in the…

— Burhan Sonmez

Turkish society is divided not only culturally but also politically. You're either conservative or progressive. Islamist or secular. Right wing or left wing. This…

— Burhan Sonmez

So many academics have been imprisoned or expelled from their university posts just because they signed a letter calling for peaceful solution to the…

— Burhan Sonmez

Some people are like a defeated warrior: they accept the defeat, go to work, go back home, watch TV silently. That is like a…

— Burhan Sonmez

Laughter is something we have against oppression and oppressive people. Dictators hate people who laugh at them. It's easy for them to destroy people…

— Burhan Sonmez

I've written some short stories about my personal experience, but it's not something you can use everywhere. Every novel, every work of fiction, needs…

— Burhan Sonmez

We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have…

— Burhan Sonmez

Turkey are the independent people. We are our own nation in this world - a nation of writers, journalists, artists, moviemakers, and academics. We…

— Burhan Sonmez

Someone might say about a person, "Oh, they are a 'Westerner." But who are Westerners? Greek, Bulgarian, German, English, Scandinavian, Spanish, American, Latin. All…

— Burhan Sonmez

Democracy is to have different ideas, even extreme ones. In democracy there is space for all of them and bridges to connect them. In…

— Burhan Sonmez

It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations…

— Burhan Sonmez