Quotes from Recep Tayyip Erdogan

We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.

I'm calling on the United States: what kind of strategic partners are we, that you can still host someone whose extradition I have asked for?

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry.

Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.

I have already said that I find the coalition air strikes to be insufficient. A ground intervention will be necessary to overcome Daesh.

Strong families lead to strong nations.

A federated structure in Iraq based on ethnicity or religious sects will not be healthy.

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

Our country and our nation have again only one message to those who attack us - you will not succeed!

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

When there is no such thing as religious culture and moral education, serious social problems such as drug addiction and racism fill the gap.

We have taken a strategic decision to gather education activities under a single roof.

If everyone can say, looking at Obama, that is he is one of us, is that not befitting for the leading country in the world?