Israel Quotes by 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

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

You cannot defend a terrorist group just because they are fighting Daesh.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Russia and Iran back Assad, but are they fighting Daesh? The answer is 'no.'

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In Turkey the religious minorities have more rights than they do in Europe.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

A federated structure in Iraq based on ethnicity or religious sects will not be healthy.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

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

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I am against nuclear weapons, regardless of whether they are in the hands of Iran or Israel or any Western country. But…

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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

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In the process of the Arab Spring, we have unfortunately seen a development in Syria where the regime has been oppressing its…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Time to time I get together with the rabbis, with religious leaders, leaders of congregations, and I talk to them, and wherever…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Russia is not engaged in a fight against Daesh in Syria. On the contrary, they are actually targeting moderate opposition.

— 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

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If an individual is a terrorist, then you should not be promoting those people and putting them under a good light, if…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Islam is a religion. It is not an ideology. For a Muslim, there is no such thing as to be against modernity.…

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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

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

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

I don't want to use the term "nuclear weapons" because those people in Iran who have authority say they are not building…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— 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

A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Being in the European Union, we would be building bridges between the 1.5 bn people of Muslim world to the non-Muslim world.…

— 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

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

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

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

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

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

— 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