"It's why you send people to war: to protect democracy."

As anyone in a military uniform knows, service people protect democracy without being able to enjoy the liberty of free speech.

But with the constant presence of security forces in the area, it has become hard to protect democracy.

When you can have one million people in a peaceful way expressing their conviction to protect democracy, that means a lot.

Only by joining intellect and force can the world protect democracy as the most reasonable form of social organization.

If the army leaders are not jailed or exiled, he asked, "how can you protect democracy?"

The challenge, he said, is to maintain business competition while protecting democracy, human rights and the weak.

For indeed, once again, if we want to protect democracy from terrorism, we should not mess it up in the first place.

The Turkish army, instead of protecting democracy, is set on a course to destroy it.

I love my king and I'd do everything to protect democracy.