Turkey

“...O Turkish child of future generations! As you see, even under these circumstances and conditions, it is your duty to save the Turkish Independence and the Republic! The strength that you will need is present in the noble blood which flows in your veins!”

“People in the judiciary and the police carried out investigations and launched this case, as their duties normally require. Apparently they weren't informed of the fact that corruption and bribery have ceased to be criminal acts in Turkey.”

“Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace.”

“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.”

“I hate calumny so much that I do not want even to impute foolishness to the Turks, although I detest them as tyrants over women and enemies of the arts.”

“We became acquainted we found the people, whether Christian or Turkish, prevailingly of a friendly, kindly, progressive type, as is often the case with simple-minded people in times of peace.”

“I always liked the common Turkish people unless they were stirred to passion by militarists.”

“In the College two classes were called preparatory, while four bore the ordinary college class names. The schools from which our students came did not carry them far. When Americans first came to Turkey, hardly any vernacular was taught anywhere. Instruction was in classic tongues and religious lore. But our students for the most part came with a purpose in modern life. They wanted to attain a worth-while and useful manhood and they felt that the College could give them a start.”

“One student told me in after years that when he came to Marsovan [a city in Turkey] he was really illiterate, that is, he could not fairly read his native tongue, or any other. But he had no chance of learning more in his native village. For a number of months he was cow-boy for an American family, and eagerly studying too.”

“The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the question, and the country be left to honest European guidance.”

“[Turks] one and all, bag and baggage, shall I hope clear out from the province they have desolated and profaned.”

“The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent.”

“[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.”

“We have on our hands a sick man,—a very sick man. [The sick man of Europe, the Turk.]”

“[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.”

“Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker.”