There is an attempt to tarnish Turkey by using press freedom when it is in fact measures taken against terrorism, i dispute this. Nowhere in Europe or in other countries is there a media that is as free as the press in Turkey.
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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If we look at history, we will see that regimes which persecute [their people] do not remain standing.
But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.
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