Quotes by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan belongs to the following category: Politicians

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You mention "Tayfun" and the Greek becomes nervous.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, December 2022, on Turkish claims on Greek islands
 
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I can't say we had a good start with Mr. Biden.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, September 2021
 
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To say that the people are the sovereignty of the state is a big lie. Only Allah can be the sovereign.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
 
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We will never declare a ceasefire. We are not worried about any sanctions.

Turkey, 2019, SyriaRecep Tayyip Erdoğan (as President of Turkey), about war in North-Syria
 
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But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

IslamRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
 
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There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies.

Twitter, Social MediaRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, June 2, 2013
 
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Every country needs a strong leader in order to progress.

TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
 
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I consider abortion to be murder. No-one should have the right to allow this to happen.

AbortionRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, June 1, 2012
 
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A woman who rejects motherhood, who refrains from being around the house, however successful her working life is, is deficient, is incomplete.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (as President of Turkey), Al Jazeera (6. Juni 2016)
 
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