A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.

Quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Topics: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Quotes

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

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

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given...

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given...

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively...

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively...

Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim...

Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim...

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method...

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method...

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as...

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as...

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such...

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such...

A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire...

A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire...

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in...

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in...

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an...

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an...

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

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

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that...

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that...

Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and...

Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and...

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to...

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to...

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left...

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left...

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

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

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet...

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet...

I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ...

I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ...

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this...

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this...