I went back in British history. Some 204 people died there after a mine collapsed in 1838. In 1866, 361 miners died in Britain. In an explosion in 1894, 290 people died there.

70 percent of Turkey’s citizens favored the EU; today it is only 50 percent. If you ask if they want Turkey to become an EU member, 60 to 65 percent still say yes. But if you ask: Do you believe Europe will accept Turkey, 60 percent say no.

There 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.

In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.

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

I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.

If nuclear energy is used for the sake of humanity, then I say yes. But if it is used destructively, then no.