Accumulate Quote by Stephen Kinzer

The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw where history…

— Ahmet Ertegun

There is much to justify Turkey's reverence for Ataturk. He is the force that allowed Turkey to rise from the ashes of defeat and…

— Stephen Kinzer

“The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of Atatürk come to power because only…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“What makes a man great is all the good things he left behind and as for Atatürk, thinking generations and questioning minds are the…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“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

“Bernard Lewis was most likely unaware of the Turkish leader’s fan base among Nazis and Fascists when he hailed Atatürk for taking, with his…

— Pankaj Mishra

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

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

— Orhan Pamuk

A man may grow rich in Turkey even, if he will be in all respects a good subject of the Turkish government.

— Henry David Thoreau

I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But I do…

— Tariq Ramadan

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

My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

— Ahmet Ertegun