On the recordJuly 18, 2016
I strongly condemned last week's attempt to violently remove the democratically-elected civilian government of Turkey.
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Readout of the President's Call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey
Share
More from Barack Obama
Jun 19, 2026
Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
Jun 19, 2026
There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.
Jun 20, 2026
People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.
Other voices in this conversation
