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Turkish - Politician Born: February 26, 1954

Islam is a religion. It is not an ideology. For a Muslim, there is no such thing as to be against modernity. Why should a Muslim not be a modern person? I, as a Muslim, fulfill all the requirements of my religion, and I live in a democratic, social state.

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Religion Islam Live Person

If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides behind a rock, then the people will hide behind a mountain.

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You People Leader Believe

Your targets can only be realized on the basis of dreams.

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Dreams Your Only Realized

Family planning, birth control, no Muslim family can practice such an understanding.

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Family Practice Understanding Control

Every country needs a strong leader in order to progress.

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Progress Strong Leader Country

Russia is not engaged in a fight against Daesh in Syria. On the contrary, they are actually targeting moderate opposition.

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Fight Against Russia Opposition

Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.

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You Democracy Your Stop

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry.

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Friendship People Impossible Own

Turkey will be in Cyprus forever.

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Will Forever Turkey Cyprus

Whatever our Lord says, whatever our beloved Prophet says, we shall follow that path.

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Path Follow Whatever Lord

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Being in the European Union, we would be building bridges between the 1.5 bn people of Muslim world to the non-Muslim world. They have to see this. If they ignore it, it brings weakness to the E.U.

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People World Ignore Building

Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that.

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You Respect Three Religions

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause.

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World Blame Political Development

A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can. Otherwise, you'd be exploiting religion, and religion is so supreme that it cannot be exploited or taken advantage of.

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Religion You Political Party

Islamophobia emerged from the Western countries, and this is a challenge that we all together need to surmount.

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Together Challenge Need Countries

I am one of the first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime. I expect an official declaration that Islamophobia is a crime against humanity as well.

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I Am Humanity Political Crime

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.

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Democracy Words Meet Achieve

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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I Am Long Transformation Thesis

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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Order Instrument Made Social

The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of us, including myself.

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Myself Problem Nation Us

Time to time I get together with the rabbis, with religious leaders, leaders of congregations, and I talk to them, and wherever a need arises, we do everything we can to meet those needs.

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Time Together Get Together Meet

During the Gezi protests and PKK terror campaigns, the unity and solidarity of the Turkish nation were attacked.

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Unity Nation Solidarity Were

Why shouldn't Turkey be in the Shanghai Five?

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Why Turkey Shanghai Five

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

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Cannot Middle Middle East Experts

If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in.

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Meet Take Where European Union

In the process of the Arab Spring, we have unfortunately seen a development in Syria where the regime has been oppressing its people.

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People Spring Process Development

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