Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of us, including myself.

Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US.

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'