Been Quote by Stephen Kinzer

“As liberal columnist Şahin Alpay points out, however, the fundamental division in Turkish society is not between Islamists and secularists but between those who…

— Graham E. Fuller

Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists.

— Mustafa Akyol

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

— Mustafa Akyol

With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability,…

— Victor Ponta

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

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

As things change in Turkey people find in religious observance a certain framework of safety, of continuity. This is quite a common phenomenon. In…

— Andrew Mango

Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by…

— Talaat Pasha

In Turkey religion not only affects society but is affected by it, which is why Turkish Islam differs from Arab Islam. It's a more…

— Andrew Mango

“We in the West still seemed to believe the old story of how a man transformed an Islamic empire into a secular republic: Atatürk…

— Suzy Hansen

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

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