I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.

I've always been a huge supporter of the only democracy in the Middle East.

I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it.'

Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day to secure public safety and reduce crime, and also as someone who deployed in uniform to Afghanistan because I believed joining the military was part of my duty to help keep my country safe.