We cannot tell anything about what [Donald Trump] is going to do, but if, let's say if he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries who wanted to defeat the terrorists.

We are very cautious in judging [Donald Trump], especially as he wasn't in a political position before.

They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.

When you're in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you're quitting your country and this is treason.

This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that's good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in their policies.

We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.

Tayyip Erdoğan is megalomaniac President, he is not stable. He lives during the Ottoman era, he doesn't live in the current time. He's out of touch with the reality.