Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Quotes

Turkey wants the candidate countries to curb the activities of all terrorist organisations and extradite the members of these organisations. We provided clear evidence to the authorities in these countries and waited for action from them. Also Turkey wants these countries to support the anti-terror operations of NATO members. Terrorism is a threat for all members and the candidate countries should recognise this reality before joining. Unless they take necessary steps, Turkey will not change its position on this issue.

Non è ancora definitivamente chiaro quanto sia ramificata questa struttura [ Fethullah Gülen ] che somiglia alla vostra loggia P2, un'entità criminale che si autodefinisce religiosa.

I consider abortion to be murder. No-one should have the right to allow this to happen.

As quoted in "Gül'ü tanımayan vatandaşlıktan çıksın !", Haberturk (August 21, 2007)

If the EU really wants to contribute to a solution, it must fulfill the commitments it made back in 2004 and recognize the existence and will of the Turkish Cypriots, as well as making use of the solution proposal put forward in Geneva,

We are all human beings. (original: Hepimiz insanız)

Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb were not and never will be Jewish sites.

There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization.

Turkey has been a proud and indispensable NATO ally for 70 years. Our country joined the alliance in 1952, having sent troops to Korea in defence of democracy and freedom. During the cold war and in its aftermath, Turkey has been a stabilising power and a force for good in the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Black Sea regions. Turkish troops, too, have deployed to many parts of the world, from Kosovo to Afghanistan, as part of NATO missions.

We do not view Finland and Sweden's NATO membership positively.

The threats against international peace and security changed in recent years and that led many to believe that NATO was an “obsolete” organisation that ceased to serve its purpose. Emmanuel Macron even said in 2019 that the alliance was experiencing “brain death”. The same folks questioned Turkey’s role within NATO. That blend of extraordinary wishful thinking and extreme strategic myopia cost the alliance many years.

We have no grudge against the people of Armenia. The problem is with the Armenian administration. Over 100,000 Armenians live in my country,

Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.

I am calling on my citizens, my brothers and sisters in Europe. Don’t have just three children; have five. The place in which you are living and working is now your homeland and new motherland. Stake a claim in it. Open more businesses, enroll your children in better schools, have your families live in better neighborhoods, drive the best cars, live in the most beautiful houses. That's because you are the future of Europe. It will be the best answer to the vulgarism, antagonism and injustices made against you.

...it's not possible for a Muslim to commit genocide