As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.

Is Europe a home for an alliance of civilizations or is it a Christian club? If the former is true, then Turkey should be part of it.

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

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

It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds.

There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it.

If during their education our youths become alienated from their language, history, ancestors, culture and civilization, it means there is a very serious educational problem there.