On je Tursku pohvalio zbog glatkog izlaska iz političke krize koja je napravila jaz između vladajuće Partije pravde i razvoja (AKP), s korijenima u političkom Islamu, i sekularne elite i vojske u zemlji.
He commended Turkey for emerging smoothly from a political crisis that pitted the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has roots in political Islam, against the country's secular elite and the military.