We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook.

Germany and Turkey are two countries that need each other. As political leaders we will leave our offices one day, but our people will remain and have to get along with each other. So we shouldn’t give them negative messages.

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

Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function that Europe shouldn't underestimate.

In Turkey the religious minorities have more rights than they do in Europe.

A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.

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