Rede am 27. Februar 2011 vor 11.000 Türkeistämmigen in Düsseldorf, zit. bei: spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,747496,00.html
Tayyip Erdoğan Berühmte Zitate
„Wir müssen die europäische Kultur mit der türkischen impfen.“
Mit diesem Ausspruch eröffnete Erdogan die Euro-Türken-Konferenz zu der türkischstämmige Politiker geladen wurden, spiegel.de, Erdogan umgarnt deutsch-türkische Politiker http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,681414,00.html
Rede in Ankara am 22.03.2017, zitiert nach
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article163067451/Bald-kein-Europaeer-mehr-sicher-auf-den-Strassen.html Welt.de
„Die Demokratie ist nur der Zug, auf den wir aufsteigen, bis wir am Ziel sind.“
Interview 1996 mit der Zeitung Milliyet, zitiert u.a. in: "Alles für diesen Moment", welt.de https://www.zeit.de/2018/26/recep-tayyip-erdogan-praesidentschaftswahl-tuerkei-feinde, 20. Juni 2018 und focus.de https://www.focus.de/politik/videos/demokratie-ist-nur-der-zug-auf-den-wir-aufsteigen-ein-zitat-erdogans-von-1998-ist-heute-aktueller-denn-je_id_5742865.html
aus der Übersetzung einer Rede in der Kölnarena vor rund 20.000 Landsleuten am 10. Februar 2008, zitiert u.a. in "Welt online", Welt.de http://www.welt.de/politik/article1656828/Erdogan_warnt_Deutschtuerken_vor_Assimilation.html und Welt.de http://www.welt.de/politik/article1656828/Erdogan_warnt_Deutschtuerken_vor_Assimilation.html?nr=1&pbpnr=0 sowie bei ntv.de http://www.n-tv.de/916864.html und "Focus online", Focus.de http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/integration_aid_237187.html
auf einer Wahlveranstaltung am 6. Dezember 1997, zitiert in "Die Welt", 22. September 2004, "Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Der Islamist als Modernisierer", debatte. welt. de
Tayyip Erdoğan Zitate und Sprüche
zitiert in: welt.de http://www.welt.de/welt_print/article1671967/Der_tuerkische_Mensch_bringt_nur_Liebe_und_Freundschaft.html, 14. Februar 2008
„Gott sei Dank sind wir Anhänger der Scharia.“
1994 in einem Interview mit der Zeitung Milliyet, zitiert in: "Das System von Recep Tayip Erdogan", welt.de http://www.welt.de/politik/article1042341/Das_System_von_p_Tayip_Erdogan.html, 20. Juli 2007
„Warum sollte ich sie auf Jahre hinweg im Gefängnis halten und füttern? – das sagen die Leute.“
im CNN Interview zum Umgang mit Gegener nach dem Putschversuch und der möglichen Wiedereinführung der Todesstrafe in der Türkei. zitiert nach freiepresse.at http://www.freiepresse.de/NACHRICHTEN/WELT/UN-warnen-Tuerkei-vor-Wiedereinfuehrung-der-Todesstrafe-artikel9580020.php
„Wir haben die Tore geöffnet.“
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/erdogan-zu-fluechtlingspakt-wir-haben-die-tore-geoeffnet-16657399.html
Tayyip Erdoğan: Zitate auf Englisch
Speech delivered after the military coup, 2016
“A woman who says 'because I am working I will not be a mother' is actually denying her feminity.”
As quoted in "Turkey's Erdogan says childless women are 'incomplete'" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/turkey-erdogan-childless-women-incomplete-160606042442710.html, Al Jazeera (June 6, 2016)
Christopher Hitchens, "Shut Up About Armenians or We'll Hurt Them Again" http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/04/shut_up_about_armenians_or_well_hurt_them_again.html, Slate (April 5, 2010)
About
As quoted during a discussion panel at 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in "Turkish PM storms off in Gaza row" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/davos/7859417.stm, BBC (January 29, 2009)
As quoted in "Gül'ü tanımayan vatandaşlıktan çıksın !" http://www.haberturk.com/haber.asp?id=33005&cat=110&dt=2007/08/21, Haberturk (August 21, 2007)
As quoted in " Turkey's Erdogan warns Europeans 'will not walk safely on the streets' if diplomatic row continues https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-germany-netherlands-warning-europeans-not-walk-safely-a7642941.html", The Independent (March 22 2017)
“…it's not possible for a Muslim to commit genocide”
November 2009 "Sudanese President Bashir's visit to Turkey in limbo" http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=a-muslim-can-never-commit-genocide-erdogan-defends-bashir-2009-11-08, Hurriyet Daily News (November 8, 2009)
Also translated as "it is not possible for those who belong to the Muslim faith to carry out genocide". https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/nov/11/erdogan-muslims-turkish-sudan-gaza
"PM Erdogan: The Term “Moderate Islam” Is Ugly And Offensive; There Is No Moderate Islam; Islam Is Islam" https://web.archive.org/web/20070826165606/http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/2595.htm, Memri Turkish Media Blog (August 21, 2007)
As quoted in "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘women not equal to men’" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/24/turkeys-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-women-not-equal-men, The Guardian (November 24, 2014)
As quoted in Erdogan: "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View" http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/8/erdogan-democracy-in-the-middle-east-pluraliism-in-europe-turkish-view-.html, The Turkish Weekly (October 12, 2004)
“I consider abortion to be murder. No-one should have the right to allow this to happen.”
As quoted in "Turkey PM Erdogan sparks row over abortion" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18297760, BBC (June 1, 2012)
As quoted during the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Istanbul, in "Islamic leaders pledge to combat sectarianism" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/islamic-leaders-pledge-combat-sectarianism-160415185615217.html, Al Jazeera (April 15, 2016)
As quoted in "In Turkey's tussle with the EU, Erdogan thinks he holds the cards" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-turkey-idUSKCN0Z82DA, Reuters (June 22, 2016)
As quoted in "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘women not equal to men’" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/24/turkeys-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-women-not-equal-men, The Guardian (November 24, 2014)
As quoted in "Erdoğan: Twitter denilen bir bela var" http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25446690/, NTV (June 2, 2013)
As quoted in "Bosses Unions Clash over Referendum Results" http://www.todayszaman.com/news-222330-bosses-unions-clash-over-referendum-results.html, Today's Zaman (2010)
As quoted in "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘women not equal to men’" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/24/turkeys-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-women-not-equal-men, The Guardian (November 24, 2014)
“Erdogan once said that democracy for him is a bus ride. “Once I get to my stop, I’m getting off."”
King Abdullah II of Jordan
Quoted by Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg News, July 4, 2013. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-04/good-riddance-to-brotherhood-s-fake-democrats.html
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As quoted in "Shut Up About Armenians or We'll Hurt Them Again" http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/04/shut_up_about_armenians_or_well_hurt_them_again.html, Slate (April 5, 2010)
Boris Johnson wins The Spectator’s President Erdogan Offensive Poetry competition, 18 May 2016. http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/05/boris-johnson-wins-the-spectators-president-erdogan-offensive-poetry-competition/
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As quoted in " Erdoğan to Turks in EU: Have 5 children, you are the future of Europe https://www.turkishminute.com/2017/03/17/erdogan-turks-eu-5-children-future-europe/", TurkishMinute (March 17 2017)
As quoted in "Turkey's Erdogan says childless women are 'incomplete'" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/turkey-erdogan-childless-women-incomplete-160606042442710.html, Al Jazeera (June 6, 2016)
As quoted in Erdogan: "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View" http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/8/erdogan-democracy-in-the-middle-east-pluraliism-in-europe-turkish-view-.html, The Turkish Weekly (October 12, 2004)
As said during the EU-Turkey Summit
“We are all human beings. (original: Hepimiz insanız)”
As quoted in "Erdoğan Almanya’da: Hepimiz insanız" http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/434900.asp, NTVMSNBC Anasayfa (February 9, (2008))
As quoted in "Erdogan Threatens to Let Migrant Flood Into Europe Resume" http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/turkey-recep-tayyip-erdogan-migrants-european-union.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0, The New York Times (November 25, 2016)
As quoted in Erdogan: "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View" http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/8/erdogan-democracy-in-the-middle-east-pluraliism-in-europe-turkish-view-.html, The Turkish Weekly (October 12, 2004)
“Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb were not and never will be Jewish sites.”
As quoted in "'Rachel's Tomb was never Jewish'" http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=170394, Al Wattan (March 7, 2010)
As quoted in Erdogan: "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View" http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/8/erdogan-democracy-in-the-middle-east-pluraliism-in-europe-turkish-view-.html, The Turkish Weekly (October 12, 2004)
As quoted in "Turkey PM Erdogan sparks row over abortion" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18297760, BBC (June 1, 2012)