Europe Quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The West has the wrong perception about Turkey itself.

— Guler Sabanci

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

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

— 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

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

Accepting Turkey as a member of the European club means that the club is open to outsiders, to Muslims, to poorer people, to developing…

— Andrew Mango

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.

— Orhan Pamuk

We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.

— 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

In Turkey the religious minorities have more rights than they do in Europe.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

The Turks know that if they want to join the EU, then they must respect our rules. We are a union of beliefs, not…

— Jean-Claude Juncker