Comfortable Quote by Safak Pavey

In a normal democracy, you protect the individual from the excessive power of the state. In Turkey, power elites try to protect the state…

— Elif Safak

Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded, and an…

— Stephen Kinzer

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 has a long, proud democratic tradition.

— Morgan Ortagus

It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations…

— Burhan Sonmez

These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being…

— Orhan Pamuk

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

— Ahmet Davutoglu

When I say all of this stuff about Turkey, people don't understand. They think I don't like Turkey. I love Turkey. I love my…

— Enes Kanter

Turkey is a diverse country... I think that democracy is the ideal system for a country with a social foundation such as this. My…

— Fethullah Gulen

“Politics in Turkey are taken more seriously than they are at home. It was only quite recently that they executed a Prime Minister. We…

— Graham Greene

I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is…

— Orhan Pamuk

Obviously, Turkey is not a typical authoritarian regime, and obviously it's very important that there are free elections. But it's also obvious that this…

— Elif Safak