Our religion [Islam] has defined a position for women: motherhood. Some people can understand this, while others can’t. You cannot explain this to fe… - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

A woman who rejects motherhood, who refrains from being around the house, however successful her working life is, is deficient, is incomplete.

The war in Ukraine challenged conventional wisdom about the rules-based international order, great power competition and Euro-Atlantic security. The most recent developments also breathed new life into NATO, arguably the greatest military alliance in history.

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.