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

— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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)

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