Clear Quote by Orhan Pamuk

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, with its political intolerance, as I have described it, is prepared to march forward, to break with its taboo about the Armenians, and…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

“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

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

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

The fueling of anti-Turkish sentiment in Europe is resulting in an anti-European, indiscriminate nationalism in Turkey.

— Orhan Pamuk

I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into…

— Thomas de Maiziere

I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who…

— Osman Baydemir

Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.

— Orhan Pamuk

It is beneficial for Turkish democracy that not all religious conservatives are united under one banner.

— Mustafa Akyol

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