Quotes from Recep Tayyip Erdogan

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.

Whatever our Lord says, whatever our beloved Prophet says, we shall follow that path.

Time to time I get together with the rabbis, with religious leaders, leaders of congregations, and I talk to them, and wherever a need arises, we do everything we can to meet those needs.

In this country, there is a segregation of Black Turks and White Turks. Your brother Tayyip belongs to the Black Turks.

Engaging in actions which are not allowed by law should have certain prices to pay.

The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.

Every country needs a strong leader in order to progress.

I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.

Those who claim we buy oil from Daesh are obliged to prove it. If not, you are slanderer.

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

Nazism is still widespread in the West.

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause.

We are concerned that Germany, which has protected the PKK and DHKP-C for years, has become the backyard of the Gulenist terror organisation.

All terror groups are bad, and we shall fight them all.

Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side are our enemy.

There is no difference, where aims are concerned, between a terrorist with a gun and bomb in his hand and a terrorist who has dollars, euros, and interest rates.

If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.

We have to fight all terrorist groups, and not arm one to fight another.

You cannot defend a terrorist group just because they are fighting Daesh.

We have extradited terrorists to the United States in the past. And we expect the same thing to be done by the United States.

Germany has become an important haven for terrorists.

The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely.