Al Quote by Elliott Abrams

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 knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it's in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other…

— Tzipi Livni

Turkey has put up a fight against the powerful nations of the world. The crusader mentality attacked us abroad. Inside, their lackeys attacked us.…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

“As liberal columnist Şahin Alpay points out, however, the fundamental division in Turkish society is not between Islamists and secularists but between those who…

— Graham E. Fuller

Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.

— Orhan Pamuk

We've seen in Europe after the recent terrorist attacks a certain retrogression in human rights. It depends on how threatened the Turks feel. For…

— Andrew Mango

As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side.

— Stephen Kinzer

Turkey is united against terror. People from left and right, men, women, children, different ethnicities, different religious groups are all united, and they're all…

— Egemen Bag?s

Turkey has its own interests and historically, Turkey conquered most of the Arab world, and the Arabs had to fight wars of liberation to…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Turkey is using the Islamic State in the same way as Pakistan used the Taliban in Afghanistan. You know, that's perhaps Turkey's strategy.

— Vijay Prashad

“One of the most notorious slogans of ultra-nationalism in Turkey has been ‘Either love it or leave it!’ It is meant to block all…

— Elif Shafak

Hamas does not represent the national aspirations of the Palestinians. It represents extreme Islamic ideas, which they share with Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria.

— Tzipi Livni