Alliances Quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

Turkey is not a part of Europe and will never be part of Europe ... The universal values which are in force in Europe,…

— Herman Van Rompuy

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

— Salman Rushdie

If Turkey become a member of the EU, of course Turks would lose a part of this identity, just as Europe would lose a…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

There are of course economic advantages to having Turkey as a member of the European club. It's a developing country with a large, reasonably…

— Andrew Mango

I'm optimistic about Turkey's prospects for reaching the E.U.'s standards of development, governance, and democracy, whether inside or outside the E.U. Provided you have…

— Andrew Mango

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

In Western Europe, Turkey is regarded as uncivilized, so they can't come in into the European Union until they're civilized. I think it's the…

— Noam Chomsky

Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea,…

— Ahmet Davutoglu

Europe will get a stable and prosperous Turkey.

— Olli Rehn