Belief Quote by Jean-Claude Juncker

I often speak with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When I speak with the Turkish president, I defend European positions. That is how we…

— Emmanuel Macron

The Turkish government is very famous for hunting down those who oppose Erdogan... I just didn't really want to risk my life by going…

— Enes Kanter

If the EU doesn’'t want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides don’t need to…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If Turkey become a member of the EU, of course Turks would lose a part of this identity, just as Europe would lose a…

— Orhan Pamuk

If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.

— Salman Rushdie

The European policy is invariably the maintenance of the status quo, and you will do nothing for the subject races unless we, by taking…

— Eleftherios Venizelos

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

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

— Michael Gove

Turkey has in interest in finding agreement on more permissive visa requirements, it wants to be recognized as a safe country of origin and…

— Martin Schulz

There's opposition in Europe to Turkish membership because these are the inevitable fears of energetic, poorer, Muslim outsiders who will come in and work…

— Andrew Mango

70 percent of Turkey’s citizens favored the EU; today it is only 50 percent. If you ask if they want Turkey to become an…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey must feel at ease. It mustn't say, 'For me, it's the European Union at all costs.' That's my view.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan