Most people don't realize turkeys are friendly, they're social, they're loyal, they have emotions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.
That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.
I have been to Turkey almost every summer holiday of my life and pretty much only on summer holidays, which makes me a very shallow Turk indeed.
I have nothing against turkey. We eat turkey for Thanksgiving in my house.
There is a lot that binds Germany to Turkey, and even if we have a difference of opinion on an individual matter, the breadth of our links, our friendship, our strategic ties, is great.
Turkey knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it's in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other Muslim countries, and the threat to Turkey is not from us.
Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.
The West has the wrong perception about Turkey itself.
As a South African, the idea of turkey was new to me. And confusing. It's about the least flavorful bird on the planet.
People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's again about that playfulness. Being Turkey's voice or representative is not playful, it's not childlike; it makes me self-conscious, kills the child in me.