Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Ahmet Davutoglu

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Turkish diplomat Ahmet Davutoglu.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Ahmet Davutoglu

Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2003 to 2009. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in the 2011 general election and was reelected as an MP in both the June and November 2015 general elections. He resigned as Prime Minister on 22 May 2016.

Some things are difficult to adapt to.
An ordinary Turk, an ordinary Arab, an ordinary Tunisian can change history. We believe that democracy is good, and that our people deserve it.
'Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace. — © Ahmet Davutoglu
'Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.
Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.
If you can serve everyone who visits you, you must be doing well in business.
Turkey has worked alongside its allies from the beginning.
The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.
Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea, all these.
Our future is our sense of common destiny.
Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.
Today the search for a new global order is under way.
As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere.
Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects.
If any harm is to come to Turkey's border security, if Turkey reaches the conclusion that this garden of peace is being threatened, it is prepared for any eventuality. We will take the necessary measures to reduce the risks related to cross-border security.
Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.
We said that pledges made in the peace process need to be fulfilled as soon as possible. — © Ahmet Davutoglu
We said that pledges made in the peace process need to be fulfilled as soon as possible.
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