Turkish - Politician | February 26, 1954 -
Islam is a religion. It is not an ideology. For a Muslim, there is no such thing as to be against modernity. Why should a Muslim not be a modern person? I, as a Muslim, fulfill all the requirements of my religion, and I live in a democratic, social state.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides behind a rock, then the people will hide behind a mountain.
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A woman who abstains from motherhood saying 'I am working' means she is in fact rejecting motherhood.
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Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.
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The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.
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As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
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Your targets can only be realized on the basis of dreams.
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A country without a strong leader will go down.
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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.
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Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.
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Islamophobia emerged from the Western countries, and this is a challenge that we all together need to surmount.
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Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
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