Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.

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• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this c

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconcile

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet th

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratiz

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marat

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

  The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a p

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

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