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A country without a strong leader will go down. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Strong Will Leader Country Down Without Go

If everyone can say, looking at Obama, that is he is one of us, is that not befitting for the leading country in the world? Recep Tayyip Erdogan

World Country Looking Everyone Say Obama He Leading Us

The E.U. should want Turkey to be part of it. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Part Want Turkey Should

We have to fight all terrorist groups, and not arm one to fight another. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Fight Arm Another Terrorist Groups

A simple caricature, a simple sketch - that's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. But if you draw up a caricature... if you associate that subject with the things you're not supposed to, then, of course, you can't expect that to be acceptable. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

You Simple Nothing Caricature Draw Fine Wrong Supposed Course Acceptable Subject Up Expect Sketch Then Things Associate

I cannot deceive my people. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

People Deceive Cannot

It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news. Safak Pavey

The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey. Safak Pavey

Debate Important Leaders Attitudes Because Discourse West Influence Public Turkey

Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for. Safak Pavey

Worth Men Politicians Aggressive Fighting Intimidated See Courageous Because Female Am Person Get Behaviour Anything Standards International Many

I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations. Safak Pavey

Political Believe Negotiations Kind Parliament Like Any Platform

The government believed that adherence to authority was human nature, so the Gezi protests were a real surprise to them. After the initial moment of shock, they decided to severely punish those participating in what they called an act of disobedience to authority. Safak Pavey

I can bear my own sorrows, but the sorrows arising from the calamities visiting Islam and Muslims have crushed me. I feel each blow delivered to the Muslim world as delivered first to my own heart. Said Nursi

I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom. Said Nursi

Freedom Live Without Bread

The life of the hereafter is the outcome of all this world. Said Nursi

Life World Outcome Hereafter

The Qur'an, throughout all of its verses, aims mainly to establish and confirm four basic, universal truths: the existence and Oneness of the Maker of the universe; Prophethood; bodily Resurrection; and worship and justice. Said Nursi

Justice Universe Aims Worship Oneness Throughout Resurrection Mainly Maker Existence Verses Truths Establish Confirm Bodily Basic Four Universal

The fact that there is a unity in everything demonstrates that they are the works and artefacts of a single being. The universe is like a rosebud swathed in a thousand veils of unity. Or it is a single macroanthropos dressed in unities to the number of Divine Names and universal Divine works. Said Nursi

Single Unity Universe Everything Thousand Dressed Fact Divine Like Names Being Works Universal Number

When I was ten years old, I had great pride in myself, which sometimes even took the form of boasting and self-praise; although I myself did not want to, I used to assume the air of someone undertaking some great work and mighty act of heroism. Said Nursi

Work Myself Great Sometimes Pride Old Assume Heroism Took Air Some Someone Ten Ten Years Great Pride Had Great Work Although Undertaking Years Did Want Form Which Boasting Mighty Act Used Even

Tahir Pasha assigned me a room when I was staying in his residence, and every night before sleeping, I would spend around three hours going over the books I had memorized. It would take me three months to go through the lot. Thanks be to God, all those works became steps ascending to the truths of the Qur'an. Said Nursi

God Me Three Before Thanks Every Sleeping Spend Books Months Those Would Staying Through Take Had Steps Over Hours Became Around Go His Lot Truths Going Ascending Room Works Residence Assigned Every Night Night

Belief contains so many truths pertaining to God's Names and the realities contained in the universe that the most perfect science, knowledge, and virtue is belief and knowledge of God originating in a belief based on argument and investigation. Said Nursi

God Knowledge Science Argument Universe Virtue Perfect Investigation Contained Contains Names Most Truths Realities Pertaining Many Belief Based

The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth. Said Nursi

Truth Humanity Three Universe Kinds

The beauty of man's being, fashioned as he is in the fairest of forms, demonstrates the existence of the Maker, while at the same time the fact that, together with his comprehensive abilities, lodged in that fairest of forms, he soon declines and dies, demonstrates the existence of the resurrection. Said Nursi

Something theoretical in the past may become evident and established in the present or in the future. It is a self-evident fact that creation has an innate tendency towards perfection, and it is through this that creation is bound to the law of development or gradual perfection. Said Nursi

Future Law Become Past Creation Evident Something Fact Tendency Through Perfection Development Bound Towards Self-Evident Gradual May Established In The Past Theoretical Innate Present

Some sciences need mutual support and assistance to develop. The majority of these are physical sciences. Mutual support has almost no use in other disciplines, such as attainment of intuitive knowledge of God or spiritual progress. Said Nursi

The divine wisdom which requires a division of labor has sown different abilities and tendencies in human nature and has enabled human beings to carry out the duty of establishing sciences and developing technology. The fulfillment of this duty is obligatory upon humanity as a whole, though not on every individual. Said Nursi

Wisdom Nature Technology Humanity Duty Human Nature Every Though Out Carry Ability Obligatory Tendencies Individual Divine Division Developing Sciences Labor Human Sown Establishing Different Human Beings Which Fulfillment Requires Whole Beings

I'm the happiest man in the world. Salt Bae

Man World Happiest Happiest Man

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