Courses Quote by 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

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

— Salman Rushdie

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

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

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

— William Hague

Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and…

— Pat Buchanan

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

— Sigmar Gabriel

Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this idea of…

— Elif Safak

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

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

The Turkey deal can only be Plan B. Plan A needs to be a strong Europe that is prepared to defend its external borders…

— Sebastian Kurz