Istanbul Quotes

With the help of the new modernization project, the trip between Ankara and Istanbul will only take about 3 hours and 10 minutes. - Suleyman Karaman

We're going to the final, that's the most important thing. Whether it was a goal or not, I'm sure people will comment on that, but we're happy we're going to Istanbul. Chelsea put us under pressure but we defended really well. - Steven Gerrard

We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova Scotia, where my two brothers have homes; and we'll go back there this summer. - Robert MacNeil

There is not a proper debate on Europe in Turkey. It has become taboo to criticize the EU. The Istanbul elite sell the EU, while the rural part of the country has little understanding of what joining the bloc really means. - Burak Turna

The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack today in Istanbul. - Sean McCormack

The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community. - Otto Schily

Russia needs you, Boris Nikolayevich. And you help me a lot. Remember the summit in Istanbul? If I had gone, it would have gone one way, but you went, and it was a different situation. It's very important that you and I work together. Maybe it would be better if you left at the end of your term. - Vladimir Putin

No surpise in Istanbul. - Jane Arraf