Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who has been the 12th President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as the Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Partyin 2001 and led it to three general election victories in 2002, 2007 and 2011 before standing down as leader upon his election as President in 2014. Originating from an...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 February 1954
CountryTurkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan quotes about
But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.
In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy
The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy is a distant concept; this perception can be addressed
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
What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.
The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.
I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously
Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable
However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.
Obviously some states are allowed to have weapons of mass destruction while others are not.
A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world.
It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.
If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them
My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen