Action Quote by Barack Obama

It is legitimate for the Turks to try to defend themselves.

— Barack Obama

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a…

— Orhan Pamuk

I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into…

— Thomas de Maiziere

I think a far more important strategic way to deal with the Islamic State would be to bring some of these regional partners and…

— Vijay Prashad

For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be…

— Bashar al-Assad

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

Turkish-American relations are based on very strong foundations. Currently, we have a war in the region, which could not be prevented, unfortunately. We hope…

— Abdullah Gul

Turkey is trying to fight with ISIS in al-Bab, in Syria, in Iraq, and our allies who have been with ISIS are not providing…

— Egemen Bag?s

We would also lean on Turkey to ensure that it closes its border to the movement of jihadi groups.

— Jill Stein

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

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

Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by…

— Talaat Pasha