Recep Tayyip Erdogan Quotes

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• We won't allow the people to be devoured by YouTube, Facebook or others
• We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook
• There is now a scourge that is called Twitter
• They came to me with this case of Twitter ignoring case of smeared housewife
• I cannot understand how sensible people still defend Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
• If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them
• Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws
• However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.
• Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.
• The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers...
• As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view…
• A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the…
• The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.
• But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.
• Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation…
• Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected…
• Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
• There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it
• Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for…
• The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be…

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