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“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.”

- Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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“A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.”

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“A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community.”

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“According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.”

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“As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.”

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“But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.”

- Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Source/Notes: (2003), quoted in the Turkish journal The Turkish Weekly. [3] - 2003

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“Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.”

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“Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.”

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“Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.”

- Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Source/Notes: (2003), quoted in the Turkish journal The Turkish Weekly. [4] - 2003

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

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“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 regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ from one country to another- of democratization by the parties in the region as a basic requisite of democratization in the Middle East.”

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“I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.”

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“I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.”

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