My message to the Turkish people is never to view any military intervention positively because through military intervention, democracy cannot be achieved.

I feel the pain of people who suffer in my own neurons and sometimes cannot even watch TV. It is impossible not to be worried. But I trust that however cruel treatment they receive, Hizmet sympathizers will continue to respect to the law and will remain peaceful.

Under any circumstances, if I had to return to Turkey and face the gallows, I will not blink an eye.

Fethullah Gulen Quotes