“I left Iran back in 1985. I lived in Turkey for a while, then I went to Germany. I joined a theater company there, and we toured the country.” CountryLeftCompanyTheaterGermanyIranTurkeys Author:Navid Negahban
“Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting allied countries such as Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria within reach.” CountryDevelopmentRangeOfficialsIranTurkeysGreeceMissilesIranianProgrammesWithin ReachRomaniaBulgaria Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“Turkey is not a part of Europe and will never be part of Europe ... The universal values which are in force in Europe, and which are fundamental values of Christianity, will lose vigor with the entry of a large Islamic country such as Turkey.” CountryValuesForceLosesChristianityEuropeUniversalFundamentalsIslamicTurkeysEntryVigor Author:Herman Van Rompuy
“A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, truffled turkeys, and so forth. "Alas!" replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, "can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?"” CountryWould BePleasureSeaFoodDirectorsFishesContributionMidstCheerSighAlasTurkeysAppointmentsIndirectConnoisseurGood CheerTruffles Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“We are ready to build large underground gas storages in Turkey, to participate in the privatization of Turkey's gas-distribution networks, to use the existing and participate in the construction of new pipelines in order to supply our energy resources through Turkey to third countries, including in southern Europe” CountryUseOrderEnergyReadyResourcesEuropeThirdsIncludingGasSouthernConstructionParticipationDistributionTurkeysStoragePipelinePrivatization Author:Vladimir Putin
“The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else.” WorldCountryNamesCommonAround The WorldSyriaPakistanTurkeysMuhammadArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisLebanonMorocco Author:Muhammad Ali
“We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic purpose in Turkey or in Iraq. This will not benefit the relations between the two countries.” TwoCountryActionPurposeBenefitsRelationDemocraticIraqServingTurkeysExtremistTwo Countries Author:Jalal Talabani
“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.” CountryStatesGrowsUnitedUnited StatesBasesPreparedBoringCanadaSugarTurkeysMonopolyGreeceSymphonyCubaBulbsFiddlePlantationsNetherlands Author:Andrei Gromyko