Belonging Quote by Orhan Pamuk

Turkey's relationship with the West is a love-hate one. There are people in Turkey who want to open to the outside world and others…

— Andrew Mango

The West has the wrong perception about Turkey itself.

— Guler Sabanci

“One of the most notorious slogans of ultra-nationalism in Turkey has been ‘Either love it or leave it!’ It is meant to block all…

— Elif Shafak

Turkey is currently seeking to make itself more independent from Europe and is turning to the east. Is that in our interest? Does it…

— Sigmar Gabriel

National consciousness is truly a miraculous thing. When I am not in Turkey I feel even more Turkish than in Istanbul. But when I'm…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.

— Orhan Pamuk

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

We've seen in Europe after the recent terrorist attacks a certain retrogression in human rights. It depends on how threatened the Turks feel. For…

— Andrew Mango

Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists.

— Mustafa Akyol

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

When you go from one part of the Turkish community to another, it's like you're moving from one century to another. People look at…

— Burhan Sonmez