Bells Quote by Mark Twain

[I]t seems that the Cannibals of Europe are going to eat one another again. A war between Russia and Turkey is like the battle…

— Thomas Jefferson

Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.

— William Hague

Russia is a very big country, so we were traveling a lot more. Turkey isn't as hard on my body, so that was a…

— Jordan Larson

Russia's now in the middle of a fierce confrontation with Turkey. And that's one of France's NATO allies.

— Corey Flintoff

Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.

— Valentina Matviyenko

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

— Salman Rushdie

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of…

— Henry L. Stimson

Turkey's NATO membership is one thing that is forestalling the worst-case scenario - open conflict between Russia and Turkey - because neither Moscow nor…

— Peter Kenyon

I had been in Russia for five years and had a pretty successful run, and I just kind of wanted a change. I wanted…

— Jordan Larson

Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function that Europe…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The relations between Russia and Turkey entered into a really positive stage. I am sure that steps we both take will widen our cooperation.

— 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