In the News Quotes Archive - Page 11 of 36

Al-Monitor,

May 17, 2022

“Authoritarian governments do not listen to public opinion. They seek to manipulate and mold it according to their interests. Erdogan never pays attention to public opinion in Turkey unless it directly serves his own political ends.”

Greek Current,

May 11, 2022

“I think it’s quite revealing that such a large proportion of the Turkish public… that about half of them see the U.S. and NATO as the main culprit here, as being responsible for the war.”

Wall Street Journal,

May 11, 2022

“There is a softening in Congress toward Turkey because of Ukraine and Afghanistan, but I am not sure they are on board with any military sales just yet.”

i24 News,

April 26, 2022

“[The Gezi trial convictions are] basically President Erdoğan taking vengeance on these 17 people who are defendants…for the massive, spontaneous, and nationwide protests that we call the Gezi protests against his government.”

Al-Monitor,

April 26, 2022

“[The U.S. statement on Kavala’s conviction was] promising in that it shows that the Biden administration has not entirely muted its criticism of blatant human rights violations in Turkey.”

The Guardian,

April 24, 2022

“The US continues to provide certain types of equipment. They have announced several arms sales just within the last year. There is logistics support and maintenance. All these things to my mind should be on the table [for leveraging].”

Al Jazeera Mubasher,

April 19, 2022

“The U.S. administration froze $130 million in military aid allocated to Egypt due to Cairo’s non-compliance with the human rights conditions set by the U.S. State Department. Therefore, there are pressure tools that the US administration can use.”

Washington Post,

March 27, 2022

“In this war, Egypt is not—and does not want to become—part of the robust Western defense of Ukraine. Biden’s call to defend the larger cause of democracy has zero resonance for President al-Sissi.”

VOA News,

March 17, 2022

“Large-scale international [economic] assistance should only be provided if President Kaïs Saïed reverses ground and returns Tunisia to a democratic path.”

Arab Digest,

March 17, 2022

“I think it is very short-sighted of the Biden administration not to mount a more effective policy to try to protect and preserve Tunisian democracy. Because it was a flawed democracy before July 25. But it was…the only one in the Arab world.”

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