Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Quotes about democracy

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is 12th President of Turkey from 2014. Explore interesting quotes on democracy.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 62   quotes 8   likes

“If Europe continues this way, no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets. We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.”

As quoted in " Turkey's Erdogan warns Europeans 'will not walk safely on the streets' if diplomatic row continues https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-germany-netherlands-warning-europeans-not-walk-safely-a7642941.html", The Independent (March 22 2017)

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

As quoted in Erdogan: "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View" http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/8/erdogan-democracy-in-the-middle-east-pluraliism-in-europe-turkish-view-.html, The Turkish Weekly (October 12, 2004)

“Erdogan once said that democracy for him is a bus ride. “Once I get to my stop, I’m getting off."”

King Abdullah II of Jordan
Quoted by Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg News, July 4, 2013. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-04/good-riddance-to-brotherhood-s-fake-democrats.html
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“But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.”

As quoted in Erdogan: "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View" http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/8/erdogan-democracy-in-the-middle-east-pluraliism-in-europe-turkish-view-.html, The Turkish Weekly (October 12, 2004)