Democracy Quote by Fethullah Gulen

Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue…

— Orhan Pamuk

Obviously, Turkey is not a typical authoritarian regime, and obviously it's very important that there are free elections. But it's also obvious that this…

— Elif Safak

I don't see a bright future for Turkey. It pains me. But I have some hope, I pray for it to be better. It…

— Fethullah Gulen

Turkey is a warning: democracy is precious but fragile. It underlines how rights and freedoms are often won at great cost and sacrifice but…

— Owen Jones

My message to the Turkish people is never to view any military intervention positively because through military intervention, democracy cannot be achieved.

— Fethullah Gulen

Turkey's regime is fast degenerating into outright dictatorship, emboldened by the imminent ascent of Donald Trump to the most powerful position on Earth.

— Owen Jones

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.

— Orhan Pamuk

What we are seeing in Turkey is a non-uniformed authoritarian regime led by a politician, Tayyip Erdogan, who has allowed power to go to…

— Tariq Ali

Turkey is a diverse country... I think that democracy is the ideal system for a country with a social foundation such as this. My…

— Fethullah Gulen

With regard to Turkey, I have been to Ankara. Turkey is a democracy. We certainly, we certainly, in the future, ought to encourage our…

— Mike Pence

What has been happening in Turkey. The country has been taken over by the present rulers and they have been very, very skillful and…

— Bernard Lewis

Turkey has a long, proud democratic tradition.

— Morgan Ortagus