Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Quotes

President of Turkey since 2014

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician. He is the President of Turkey (2014-present) and the country's former Prime Minister (2003-2014).

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Alternative Names: Tayyip Erdoğan • Erdoğan • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Erdogan • Tayyip Erdogan

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

There are people who say that "Gül can't be my president". These people don't have good manners for and they should renounce their Turkish citizenship foremost this man will be chosen democratically by the people.

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

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

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.