I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.
Recep Tayyip ErdoganThey cry press freedom, but (the raids) have nothing to do with it. We have no concern about what the EU might say, whether the EU accepts us as members or not, we have no such concern. Please keep your wisdom to yourself.
Recep Tayyip ErdoganThere is an attempt to tarnish Turkey by using press freedom when it is in fact measures taken against terrorism, i dispute this. Nowhere in Europe or in other countries is there a media that is as free as the press in Turkey.
Recep Tayyip ErdoganEveryone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan