Interest Quote by Andrew Mango

Turkey's relations with its immediate neighbors are improving. They were pretty bad for a long time - with Syria they were abominable, and with…

— Andrew Mango

With the rise of ISIS, our alliance with Turkey is more important than ever before, the ability to have access, to move resources into…

— Mike Pence

That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.

— Igor Luksic

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic…

— Jalal Talabani

Many analysts compare Turkey with countries in the Middle East, but I think we need to compare it with Russia. Both countries come from…

— Elif Safak

Turkey's a valued ally, important ally for NATO, not the least because of its strategic geographic location, bordering Syria and Iraq and close to…

— Jens Stoltenberg

With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability,…

— Victor Ponta

Turkey is viewed as a very modern country and a great place to go and visit and yet Islamic as well. Iran is in…

— Hooman Majd

Turkey is saying that it wants to preserve Sunni dominance in Mosul. Obviously, there, the Kurds, the Shia, the Iraqi government have their own…

— Patrick Cockburn

Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey.

— Ali Babacan

Historically Turkey hasn't had much success in attracting foreign investment. Slowly that is changing. There's a tradition of arbitrary decisions by government ministers and…

— Andrew Mango