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2019-11-12 The Grand Turk
Turkish Twitter Users Support Invasion In Religious Terms, Referring To Jihad, Martyrdom, Unbelievers, And "Caliph Erdoğan"
[MEMRI] Many Twitter users referred to the invasion in religious terms. All the tweets in this report included the hashtag #OperationPeaceFountain, indicating that they were in reference to the invasion, and they are here categorized loosely into those that mention jihad, martyrdom, unbelievers, President Erdogan as caliph, and the Ottoman Turkish army as mujahideen, "the Army of Muhammad," and "the army of Islam," though many of the tweets used more than one of these terms. While many tweets were entirely original, others quoted various sources, including: Koran verses, hadiths, religious scholars, companions of Muhammad, historical figures such as 11th century Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan, 12th century sultan Saladin, 13th century founder of the Mongol Empire Genghis Khan, and 15th century Ottoman sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, and Ottoman Turkish poets such as Yahya Kemal, Arif Nihat Asya, and Ekrem Sama.

"if Allah grants it we will make you sultan, we will establish the Ottoman [state] and make you the caliph."
While most of the images in the tweets are of Ottoman Turkish soldiers, sometimes praying and sometimes in combat, other images include: a Ottoman Turkish flag modified to include Koran verses about conquest; and a map of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
expanded to include within Turkey's borders much of what is now northern Syria and Iraq, as well as Greece, Bulgaria, Armenia, Georgia, and Cyprus. Another image used in the tweets showed Turkmen fighters from the Syrian National Army using a Ottoman Turkish nationalist hand gesture. Some tweets had Ottoman themes, including an image of the Ottoman coat of arms, a flag used by the Committee of Union and Progress, references to an Ottoman marching song, and a message to President Erdogan from one user that "if Allah grants it we will make you sultan, we will establish the Ottoman [state] and make you the caliph."

Posted by Fred 2019-11-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
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#1 Kindly remind me which US prez put nukes in Turkey ?
Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-12 02:11||   2019-11-12 02:11|| Front Page Top

#2 JFK 6/1/61.
Posted by Unosh Hupinelet8756 2019-11-12 06:22||   2019-11-12 06:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Or you could view this incursion as Lebensraum redux and equate those tweets to the letters to the editor in favor of der Furher when the Nazis overran the Sudetenland. Word of warning, Yip-yip and cronies, don't expect a run thru Poland when the Bear decides to take notice of you, 'cause guess what? Given you aren't acting like an ally, NATO isn't going to come to your rescue.
Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-12 08:00||   2019-11-12 08:00|| Front Page Top

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