When there is no such thing as religious culture and moral education, serious social problems such as drug addiction and racism fill the gap.

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws

The whole world is an open, free market. No state can exist without the others.

Turkey wants to be treated by the same standards as other countries. If you compare us to some other newly accepted EU members our performance, especially in terms of the economy, is much better.

If the people allow something to happen, it's the right thing.

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause

I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ from one country to another- of democratization by the parties in the region as a basic requisite of democratization in the Middle East