40 Turkish Quotes for You to Enjoy

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. Thomas Paine

I was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian, and German, so there was a bit of everything. It was not uncommon for people in the family to speak seven languages: English, French, Ladino, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, and even Greek. Andre Aciman

Family People Speak Seven Everything Bit Members Arabic Citizenship Born Uncommon Had French Became Italian German Greek Subsequently Brazilian Turkish Acquired Languages English Many Even British

Turkish cuisine is, to my mind, one of the most exciting and accomplished in the world. Yotam Ottolenghi

World Mind Exciting Most Cuisine Accomplished Turkish

Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally. Adam Schiff

When Turkey buys Iranian oil, we pay for it in Turkish lira... However, it is not possible for Iran to take that money as dollars into its own country due to international restrictions, the U.S.A.'s sanctions. Therefore, when Iran cannot take this money back as currency, they withdraw Turkish lira and buy gold from our market. Ali Babacan

Buy Money Country Own Pay Back Market Our Possible Restrictions Take Withdraw Due However Dollars Iran Iranian Currency Gold Oil Cannot Turkey Sanctions Turkish International Therefore Buys

I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings. Damon Galgut

Sunday Long Walks Baths Mornings Town Go Forest Turkish Cape

I realized over the years if I'm writing about humor, irony, satire, I much prefer to do that in English. And if there is sorrow, melancholy, longing, I much prefer to do that in Turkish. Each language has its own strength to me, and I feel connected and attached to both Turkish and English. I dream in more than one language. Elif Safak

Strength Me Satire Writing Language Humor Longing Own Melancholy Dream About More Attached Both Feel Over Sorrow Years Than Irony Prefer Turkish Realized Much English Connected Each

It is tiring to be Turkish. The country is badly polarised, bitterly politicized. Every writer, journalist, poet knows that because of an article, a novel, an interview, a poem or a tweet you can be sued, put on trial, even arrested. Self-censorship is widespread. Elif Safak

You Poet Journalist Country Every Interview Trial Poem Writer Badly Put Self-Censorship Knows Because Arrested Article Tiring Turkish Tweet Even Novel Sued Widespread

I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there. Hannah Simone

My father was a Gujarati and my mom Turkish. Jackie Shroff

Mom Father Turkish

In Zagreb, the Old Town really could be Prague. You go two hours to the coast to Opatija, and you really could be in the South of France, in the Croatian Riviera. And then you head down the coast towards Split, and you get into more Turkish architecture, so you can double Istanbul. James Watkins

Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants. John Shimkus

People Carved Invaded Indigenous Various Empire Occupied Southwest Middle Middle Ages Turkish Asia Themselves Ages Lands Inhabitants

The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met. Keeley Hawes

People Met Turkish Ever

The Armenian Genocide is such a controversial and very sensitive issue because the Turkish and Armenian people disagree about the facts of what actually happened. I know how strongly Armenians feel about the Genocide, and how it's never been recognised. At the same time, I do not hold today's generation of people accountable. Khloe Kardashian

Today Time Generation People Genocide Disagree Recognised About Strongly Facts Never Feel Know Armenian Armenian Genocide Armenians Because How Issue Been Very Accountable Same Controversial Same Time Hold Happened Sensitive Turkish Actually

I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures. Mesut Ozil

Thankful Best You Parents Able Born Both Pick Football Advantage Also Learned Proud Am Cultures Up Very Germany Person Get Different Grew Different Cultures Turkey Turkish Certain View Certain Things Many Grow Grow Up Different View Things Playing

Albanians love topiary and fancy doors. They speak Albanian, an Indo-European language with traces of Greek and Latin - and the lek is their monetary denomination, which trades at one hundred to one on the dollar. Their food is excellent, a melange of Greek, Turkish, and Italian cuisine, all very fresh and legume-y. Michael Paterniti

Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists. Mustafa Akyol

Writing Focus Society Conservatives Religious About Divide Between Journalists Like Most Foreign Turkey Turkish Fundamental Rift

I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty. Navid Negahban

Speak Bit Rusty Since Understand German Turkish Used

The Turkish, Arab and Chinese nationalists who built new nation-states out of the ruins of old empires scorned their old, decrepit rulers as much as they did the foreign imperialists who imposed free trade through gunboats. Pankaj Mishra

Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world. Patrick J. Kennedy

Leadership Genocide World Rest Year Approach Signal Administration Objections Moreover Remains Absolutely Wrong Armenian Armenian Genocide House Due Opposed Sends Confirmed Turkey Turkish Congressional Last Resolution Last Year

The Turkish government will never tolerate the creation of a Kurdish state. Peter Bergen

Government Will Creation State Never Kurdish Turkish Tolerate

Attempts by one ethnic group to exercise sovereignty over another are not fair. It doesn't matter if that ethnicity is Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, Chaldean or whatever. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Matter Whatever Group Arabic Attempts Over Fair Another Exercise Kurdish Sovereignty Not Fair Turkish Ethnic Ethnicity

The Muslim Brotherhood is much more hardline than Turkish Islamists. Richard Engel

Muslim Brotherhood More Islamists Than Turkish Much

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