Recep Tayyip Erdogan Quotes

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Democracy, Law, Separation

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.
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Democracy, Different, Cannot

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.
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Different, Country, Goal

A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world.
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Confidence, Fashion, Problem

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.
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Democracy, Cannot, Culture

Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
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Everyone, Accept, Israel

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.
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Alone, Democracy, Cannot

I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.
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Democracy, Seriously, Debate

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

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.
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Cannot, Middle, East

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.
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Help, Political, Democracy

There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization.
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Muslim, Middle, Exists

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

A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community.
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Positive, Problem, Influence

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.
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Religion, Politics, Personal

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.
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Cannot, Muslim, Existence

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.
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Long, Since, United

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.
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Country, Both, Middle

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.
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Religion, Rather, Won

In this context, social consensus, and institutions that embody this consensus, must be made effective in order for democratization not to be abused as a provisional instrument to establish an anti-democratic regime.
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Social, Order, Effective

Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity of the Palestinian people must be guaranteed.
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Live, State, Security

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.
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Social, Policy, Essential

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.
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Important, Confidence, Problem

My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen.
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Between, American, United

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Fear, Human, State

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Biography

Nationality: Turkish

Type: Politician

Born: February 26, 1954

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