Black Quote by Jens Stoltenberg

For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.

— Stephen Kinzer

Turkey's a NATO member. If Turkey gets attacked, we have to help defend Turkey.

— Wesley Clark

That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.

— Igor Luksic

With the rise of ISIS, our alliance with Turkey is more important than ever before, the ability to have access, to move resources into…

— Mike Pence

Turkey has worked alongside its allies from the beginning.

— Ahmet Davutoglu

Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or…

— Bashar al-Assad

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 is an important strategic partner facing a volatile period. It needs and deserves our support, but that support needs to include our critique…

— Crispin Blunt

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

Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and…

— Pat Buchanan

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 is a sovereign state, just like the U.S. We might go to different directions, in terms of our impressions and ideas, but we'll…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan