Desperation Quote by Fethullah Gulen

Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this idea of…

— Elif Safak

Turkey, as an ex-imperial power, is all in favor of empires guaranteeing law and order on its borders. Turkey's and America's basic interests with…

— Andrew Mango

Turkey's relationship with the West is a love-hate one. There are people in Turkey who want to open to the outside world and others…

— Andrew Mango

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

It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations…

— Burhan Sonmez

I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But I do…

— Tariq Ramadan

I probably will not live to see Turkey become an exemplary democracy, but I pray that the downward authoritarian drift can be stopped before…

— Fethullah Gulen

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

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

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

There was a time when Istanbul was one of the safest cities in the world, because people were afraid of the police. People are…

— Andrew Mango