What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.

The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the intellect, caused ulcers, hernia and sterility; he understood that coffee was nothing but the Devil's ruse.

Most of the time it's not the Europeans who belittle us. What happens when we look at them is that we belittle ourselves. When we undertake the pilgrimage, it's not just to escape the tyranny at home but also to reach to the depths of our souls. The day arrives when the guilty must return to save those who could not find the courage to leave.

There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.

Of course in Turkey I'm seen as being on the 'Western' side, criticised by the nationalists, criticised by the communitarians as not belonging. Even, sometimes, criticised for looking at my country through Western eyes. And in the Western media I'm portrayed as belonging to the East.

What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.

We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy.