Politics Quote by Graham Greene

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

It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people…

— Orhan Pamuk

“The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of Atatürk come to power because only…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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 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

Turkey are the independent people. We are our own nation in this world - a nation of writers, journalists, artists, moviemakers, and academics. We…

— Burhan Sonmez

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

“We used to be brothers and sisters here. Kurdish, did not know he was. Turkmenians, Germans, they all existed here but never were proud…

— Orhan Pamuk

There is a heated debate in Turkey these days over whether the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is furthering democracy or rolling…

— Mustafa Akyol

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

In recent years the military has gradually been eased out of political life in Turkey. The military budget is now subject to much more…

— Andrew Mango

We are seeing with great grief that America remains quiet as Turkey struggles against terrorism. Because there were promises given to us, and they…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan