Recep Tayyip Erdogan

“My legal bond with the A.K.P. may have ended the day I took the presidential oath of office, but my bonds of love have never ended and never will.”

“However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.”

“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.”

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

“We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.”