Where is that army going? Erdogan gives a hint: “Do the people of Greece accept what will happen to them because of their greedy and incompetent leaders? Do the people of France accept the price they will pay because of their greedy and incompetent leaders? Are the brotherly peoples of some North African and countries in the Gulf content with their futures growing darker as a result of their greedy and incompetent leaders? The citizens of countries that are tens of thousands of kilometers away and are eyeing Turkey’s democracy, constitutional state, and regional interests – do they realize that this process will turn around and harm them?”
“Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘There is No Power that Can Stand in the Way of this Country’; We Will Not Hesitate to Sacrifice Martyrs in this Fight – Are the People of Greece, France, Certain North African and Gulf Countries Prepared to Make Such Sacrifices?,” MEMRI, August 30, 3030:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in an August 30, 2020 speech in Ankara that was uploaded to his official YouTube channel that Turkey is not a society with an army but a “nation that is an army within itself, […] there is no power that can stand in the way of this country.” He said that Turkey will not hesitate to sacrifice martyrs in the fight against its enemies. Erdoğan asked whether the peoples of Greece, France, and certain countries in North Africa and the Persian Gulf are prepared to make the same sacrifices because of their “greedy and incompetent leaders.” He stated that Turkey has never been a colonizer, rather it is a civilization that conquers the hearts. Erdoğan added that the fact that Turkey is brought to the forefront of negative subjects is a sign of the fascism and animosity of its opponents.
Following are excerpts:
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: “As some historians have said, we are not a society that has an army – we are a nation that is itself an army.
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“When we combine our technological superiority, our fully developed human resources, and our spiritual power… With Allah’s permission, there is no power that can stand in the way of this country.
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“Now, with a more booming voice, with a more sincere faith, and with more trust in ourselves than yesterday, we say to our enemies: “Bring it on.” Everyone who would stand against us on land, at sea, and in the air has seen Turkey’s legitimacy and its determination in protecting its rights, interests, and capabilities based on international law. Be sure that those who have not seen it will face this reality in the field, at the diplomatic table, and in international platforms. We do not run away from a fight. We will not hesitate to sacrifice martyrs and wounded people in this fight. For our independence and our future, we will not hold back from roaring all together as 83 million people, and running over the dams that get in our way, like a flood.
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“The real question is this: Can those who oppose us in the Mediterranean Sea and around it accept the risk of the same sacrifices? Do the people of Greece accept what will happen to them because of their greedy and incompetent leaders? Do the people of France accept the price they will pay because of their greedy and incompetent leaders? Are the brotherly peoples of some North African and countries in the Gulf content with their futures growing darker as a result of their greedy and incompetent leaders? The citizens of countries that are tens of thousands of kilometers away and are eyeing Turkey’s democracy, constitutional state, and regional interests – do they realize that this process will turn around and harm them?
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“We are aware that we are under siege, and if they could, they would not give this nation [so much as] a breath of air, a sip of water, or a bite of bread. Everything we do, we have done despite them, and we will continue to do so.
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“Throughout its history, Turkey has never been an aggressive country. The Turkish nation is one of the rare peoples that does not have the stain of colonialism in its past. Certainly, our civilization is one of conquest, but our understanding of conquest is not based on taking control of underground and aboveground riches along with land. On the contrary, our understanding of conquest is first the conquest of hearts.
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“Throughout the world, and particularly in Europe, we are in a period in which xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Turkishness, and discrimination are on the rise. Despite this, the fact that Turkey is being brought to the forefront of every negative subject is not a vulnerability of our nation. Rather, it is a sign of the fascism and animosity in the back of their minds.”
CogitoErgoSum says
Well, he doesn’t lie ALL the time – and he makes good use of his troops in the Muslim invasion of Europe.
mortimer says
Agree with CES re doesn’t lie all the time. But a madman isn’t necessarily lying … he’s honestly deluded.
Muslims today wouldn’t join a caliphate army if Erdogan paid them. Muslims mostly want someone else to conduct jihad. They will sit on the sidelines and watch.
Jihad today are only bringing shame and ostracism on Muslims.
Reziac says
One would hope, but there are millions of bored young men in the Middle East with nothing better to do, to whom jihad sounds right attractive. (And remember, in Arab culture, only slaves work.)
Jihad comes in many forms, the most important of which is the jihad of migration. Millions of those young men have already migrated to Europe, and their status as superior to the dhimmi is confirmed (in their minds) by westerners paying them jizya (welfare)… and they are an army in waiting. Their imams have said as much, and they will listen when that call comes, if only because they are bored.
Mark my words, we are seeing the early stages of WW3 in Europe… it may be 50 years before if heats up to a shooting war, but absent another night of the long knives, it’s too late to stop it.
UVG says
Pakistanis/BokoH will gladly answer the call. There must be a reason why Pakis are vying for dual citizenship rights with Turkey.
gravenimage says
Pious Muslims lie whenever they deem it useful to spreading Islam.
Jeffrey Sams says
Sultan Erdogan only lies when words escape his mouth.
juleonly says
The Qur’an is a warlords manual for conquest and complete control of its members to do the dirty work for the Warlords named ‘Allah’. It is very cleverly constructed and one would have to be a Houdini to get out of its trap.
Myron J. Poltroonian says
Hmm, if this is true: ““Throughout its history, Turkey has never been an aggressive country. The Turkish nation is one of the rare peoples that does not have the stain of colonialism in its past. Certainly, our civilization is one of conquest, but our understanding of conquest is not based on taking control of underground and aboveground riches along with land. On the contrary, our understanding of conquest is first the conquest of hearts.”, then he’s ready to repatriate (give back) the eastern third of Turkey which was the western half of Armenia – right?
[Hint: If you want to know what life would be like in a Caliphate and/or under Sharia Law, ask an Armenian.]
Reziac says
And to give back the western third, which was Greece, right?
The problem is that Muslims don’t see conquest as aggression or colonialism, but as their Allah-given right.
Wellington says
“Little Adolf” is an apt moniker for Erdogan. He’s sickening.
SAFI says
2020 Turkey is at least ideologically and in a few other ways perhaps the closest thing to a national-socialist (see nazi) regime that has existed anywhere in the world since the end of WW2. Also “greedy and incompetent” is a phrase that describes Erdogan perfectly I think, though I would also add corrupt to the bone.
gravenimage says
+1
LB says
Turkey has been like that since the Seljuks first started making their move westward in late 10th century, except no one bothered to pay any attention to them until Erdogan started running his mouth. But it’s the opposite of what you’re saying — Hitler and the Nazis modeled their “purging” methods according to the Turks, not the other way around.
I have said this many times before and I’ll say it again: Turkey is the most evil and heinous entity that has ever existed in human history and continues to exist to this day unapologeticaly on top of countless genocides and the worst crimes against humanity imaginable. ISIS? Nazi Germany? Other muslim countries? They are all newborn babies compared to the Turks and their Ottoman predecessors. If there is such a thing as karma, the entirety of today’s Turkey should become a black hole of nothingness, but even that won’t be enough to right the wrongs Turks have committed.
Not a second goes by without USA and the rest of the West getting guilt-shamed into submission for a few centuries of trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonialism (which has done much more good than evil), yet Turkey gets a free pass for literal actual millennia-long slavery and mass genocides that are still ongoing even today. Think about that for a second.
juleonly says
Its Islam. Its the Qur’an, the Warlords manual for conquest and complete control of its members to do the dirty work. And it is not just Turkey following this well trodden pattern. It is Islam.
SAFI says
I did not say they “model” themselves after the nazis I just said they’re the closest thing that exists today.
As for Turkey “getting a free pass” I wish it was just that but it’s even worse. Because of western idiocy the Turks even feel they’re in a position to play the victimhood card which they do all the time with great success (even as they constantly gloat over past atrocities and threaten to conquer and destroy everyone and everything in their way) Just look at Erdogan’s ravings above he did not forget to whine about islamophobia and discrimination right after he was done issuing his regular daily threats.
Evangelos Kavallaris says
Erdogan is full of contradictions. He is a born lier. The whole Turkish history is full of rape, pillage, wiping out minorities and smothering any culture they come in contact with. They’re heading on the road of ruin!
Kepha says
Everyone despises the USA for having displaced the Indians; when will everyone despise Turkey for displacing the Greeks, Armenians, Syriacs, South Slavs, etc., and for its slave raids all around the Med? Turkey was quite a successful colonizer and imperialist. Maybe Erdogan senses that the time is ripe to re-embark on such a course.
FYI says
Erdolf
James says
Correct me if I am wrong, but did not the Muslims besiege Vienna, conquer the Balkans and several countries in East Europe? Did they not take Western Turkey away from the Greeks, including Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman empire? Did they not take away the leading Orthodox church and make it into a mosque. Did they not drive out almost all Christians from this region? How does this square with his portrait of Turkey as the victim of the West? Did I miss something?
G says
The only thing you missed is that leftists don’t study history.
Gork says
It doesn’t. Most leftists don’t bother studying history. It interferes with their utopian notions.
Kepha says
This professional swindler of the young–oops, public high school history teacher–plans to take the opportunity to introduce conepts such as Dhimmi, jizya, Pact of ‘Umar, devirsme, and trans-Mediterranean piracy when teaching about Islam.
Further, I will let the students know that when it comes to the preservation of Greek learning, the East Roman Empire did a lot more; and that when an ancient text was preserved in Arabic, there was a Syriac Christian stage in the chain of translation to consider as well. Further, I will note that the lands of Islam began to be impoverished as soon as too many of the Dhimmi converted to Islam to avoid paying onerous taxes, thus drying up revenue.
Islam: religion of thugs, thieves, and thick skulls.
gravenimage says
You didn’t miss a thing, James.
SAFI says
Yes you missed the infinite turkish capacity for hypocrisy and their immunity to cognitive dissonance.
Kepha says
Very astute comment.
Autar KRISHEN Gurtoo says
MUSLIME LIE THRU THEIR TEETH. U DID NOT MISS MUCH. TAQIYA DRIVEN MUSLIMES WILL GO ANY LENGTH. MUSLIMES DO NOT LIE ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS, THIS IS A PLUS. ISLAMISATION OF THE WORLD ANY WHICH WAY, BY HOOK OR CROOCK.
Ole Pederson says
You missed the Devshirme system by which a percentage of Christian boys from the Balkans were taken from their families, enslaved, forcibly converted to Islam, circumcised and trained to be elite warriors by the name of Janissaries. Many apologist websites claim that some Christian families saw the opportunities for their sons to a career in the Army but many boys were hidden or even mutilated by their own mothers to avoid them being kidnapped.
You also missed the pirates of the Barbary coast who for hundreds of years seized and pillaged not only Christian ships and led their crews into slavery, sometimes including the ships that could prove their country had paid the required protection money (Jizya), but their raids came as far as Britain, and once even Iceland, and regularly also costal settlements on the Southern coasts of Europe. These pirates were the very reason the Unites States Navy came to exist (when Thomas Jefferson became president he found a fifth (!) of the US taxes were paid as protection money to the four Barbary states of Northern Africa).
Reziac says
That’s a great article, thanks for sharing. And that timeline map is very telling.
gravenimage says
Good post, Ole.
Kepha says
Re the Barbary Pirates, when I visited Sicily, a guide pointed out that it was not until the 19th century that Sicilians, Calabrians, and Apulians dared to build their homes near the coast, but instead situated their villages and towns on mountains due to the Muslim pirates.
I once had a discussion with a Leftist near and dear to me who mentioned how “Muslims have always fought imperialism”. I then pointed out that northern Africa and Egypt didn’t speak Arabic from time immemorial, the Turks were themselves a settler people (in addition to forgetting how they’re just Greeks and Armenians with the wong religion and language), and how Spain, Portugal, and the Balkan countries waged centuries-long “anti-colonial” struggles.
I also had a Christian Eritrean students who explained to me that a cross tattooed on the wrist lessened a child’s chances of being kidnapped by Muslim neighbors. I understand that the Balkan peasants of a couple of centuries ago and the Copts had the same custom.
gravenimage says
Erdogan: ‘We are not a society that has an army – we are a nation that is itself an army’
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More saber-rattling against Greece and the rest of civilized Europe.
More:
He stated that Turkey has never been a colonizer, rather it is a civilization that conquers the hearts.
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Uh…right. I guess the bloody Muslim conquest of Anatolia was just “winning their hearts”. Then, the Ottoman Empire at one time stretched from North Africa to Baghdad to almost the gates of Vienna–and it was all ruled with an iron fist.
john smith says
If there ever was a candidate for the biblical antichrist, then this is him.
Boycott Turkey says
PROOF that Erdogan is the anti Christ https://youtu.be/FKPRvMV2SL8 even Animals since evil ??
Boycott Turkey says
I mean sence not since
john smith says
Thanks for that video, not seen that one before. Yes even animals sense evil.
Boycott Turkey says
I wish that horse had trampled on him more though
somehistory says
The whole point of islam is to be an army, constantly at war with mankind, to dominate, subjugate, enslave, rape, steal and murder, in a never-ending struggle to make satan supreme.
One day, this arrogant fool and son of the devil will find out that there is a “Power” that can
, and will, stand in his way. If Almighty God wills it, He could appoint a human nation to stand in the way of this scum for satan. It may be that Spirit Sons only will take er dog an and all of islam’s evil, down.
And what a joke….unless this creep is ready to step out on the battle field and die like the dvil’s child he is, he is not making “sacrifices.” Sending others off to die so he can be on the top of the heap is no sacrifice for him. Human life…except his own…has no value to him.
juleonly says
After I read the Qur’an I thought….This is a Warlords manual for conquest and complete control of its members to do the dirty work for Warlords…thought they say its for Allah who sees all will reward.
James Lincoln says
Turkey and Greece are both NATO countries.
If Turkey attacks Greece, then what?
Beverly says
I was just thinking that. Why is Turkey still in NATO. A better question is why is the US still in NATO. Soviet Union is long gone.
Andrew L says
I often asked myself the same question. Even when the USSR dissolved and initially thereafter the USA had better relations with Russia they where still their biggest threat. Simply because they are ones with the most nukes. It’s never really been communism vs capitalism but more about a power struggle.
Jeffrey Sams says
Turkey is no longer an ally. We should leave NATO if Turkey remains in.
seabird says
I once heard a “NATO expert” discuss this question and according to him, in the event of 2 NATO countries engaged in war against each other, NATO is obligated to defend against the aggressor.
That could explain why Turkey keeps provoking Greece (short of an attack) while Greece refrains from an outright military response.
Will NATO actually defend Greece against Turkey is, sadly, another question.
SAFI says
I doubt NATO as an organization would lift a finger. Individual NATO members might support one side or the other according to their own national interests regardless of who “attacks first”
gravenimage says
Unfortunately, I doubt that NATO will do anything. They ignored Turkey’s invasion and occupation of Cyprus in the 1970s, still ongoing today.
infidel says
Animal Muslim ambulance driver (with prior conviction) rapes COVID19 patient on her way to hospital in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, which is also fast becoming one of the Jehaadi host-spots in India.. As usual, the authorities are covering up the RED HERRING Islamic angle of this disgusting crime.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-driver-rapes-covid-patient-in-ambulance-on-way-to-hospital/articleshow/77970214.cms
gravenimage says
Just horrifying, Infidel. I can’t even imagine this.
And that he had priors and still hired is even more insane.
infidel says
That is the CPM run state of Kerala ;.. CPM stands for Communist Party Marxist… and they are hand in league with the most notorious mad animal jehaadis in India. These mad animals roam free in that state with callous impunity committing all sorts of crimes against Hindus and Christians and also against the Indian Union with full blessings from the vote hungry CPM and nothing happens to them..
gravenimage says
Yes–I know that Islam is a real threat in Communist Kerala. This has been going on for decades.
Dapto says
This is why the Germans shut their collective mouths about Turks and Islam its because Germany have more Turks in their midst that they have German soldiers.
juleonly says
Very true. I don’t understand how Germany allows that many of these people still Vote in Turkish ‘elections’. They have political rallies for what is going on in Turkey within Germany.
talleyrand says
Turkey has had its arse kicked a few times when in a fight ww1 with the Aussies and on several other battles earlier
Turks can be and are great soldiers ask any that were at korea ,mad as bloody meat axes was one comment from an Aussie during korea.
Poor Old Atta Turk must be turning in his grave when he sees how Turkey has regressed since he left it in the hands of others ,backwards ever backwards,to the dark past he took it from,but again committed genocide that to this day still happens
Loved his decree no Burkas only to be worn by ladies of ill fame ,hmmm again another backward movement re this
I think if he tries anything his arse again will be kicked good and proper,and can he count on his so called devoted citizens ,who love a drink a feed of pork actualy hunt wild boar
May be some fanatics but not all to answer his call to arms
Kepha says
Turkey will probably not fare very well against an alliance of several neighboring countries. I’m also sure that if Turkey attacks Greece, Russia will sense an opportunity to pry some Eastern Orthodox allies aways from NATO.
Arthur says
next Adolf Hitler
Seeking Deliverance says
I’d say we have several Hitler types in charge of our western nations this very day.
RTR says
Russia will have to break Turkey neck. Once again.
gravenimage says
Actually, more and more Russia has been playing footsie with Turkey–also selling them arms.
Seeking Deliverance says
U.S. Democratic Party is fully allied with Islam. All liberal parties are allied with Islam. Do you folks not realize liberal = fascist?
Fascism is alive and thriving throughout every U.S. Democratic state, county, and city. George Soros funds Democratic Party candidates both politicians and district attorneys. Soros, himself, is a Fascist having worked for them as far back as World War II.
When are western populations going to defend their civil liberties?
Boycott Turkey says
France sets a red line or Turkey https://youtu.be/6PmFZ5FIISU. Erdogan is a coward and bully he won’t attack any country that is stronger then him his lost in Syria already if his so tough how comes he went crying to NATO after shooting down a Russian jet? Then after he begged for forgiveness from Putin to stop the sanctions on Turkey. Only country that seems to be standing up to Turkey at the moment is France while the rest of EU stays silent
Mafya says
You are right my friend. As a non-Muslim person from Turkey who suffers from the fascist, Islamic State of Turkey just like any other non-Muslim living in this lands, I have great sympathy for France and Macron. I’ve been following for a long time the foreign relations of Turkey and I see biggest opposition to the islamic, fascist government of Turkey comes from the French Government.
Boycott Turkey says
I pray you stay safe Turkey is becoming more unstable now because the economy is crashing due to corona and they want to take islands from Greece Erdogan is just a coward and a new puppet of Russia I think there’s more to this
Mafya says
Thank you for your prayer. Erdogan clearly is an evil person. I think he’ll stay on his throne until he dies. But I am afraid he will declare Sharia and Caliphate before his death. And glad that there are courageous governments and leaders like the government of France and Macron.
GreekEmpress says
Mafya,
I too, pray you are able to stay safe.
My ancestors were lucky enough to get to Germany and then on to US.
Maybe some day, you too will be able to emigrate.
gravenimage says
Mafya, I hope you stay safe and are able to leave for a free country at some point.
Mafya says
Thank you GreekEmpress and Gravenimage. I am currently safe now. I may leave my homeland if Turkey to be ruled by Sharia or another genocide occurs but now I am thinking to protect and promote the Christian heritage in Turkey, since this lands has a very important place in Christianity.
Giacomo Latta says
”With Allah’s permission, there is no power that can stand in the way of this country.”
Make sure that’s your opening greeting to all your soon-to-be erstwhile muslim friends, Erdogan. You won’t have to worry about your empire of one country getting too big for you.
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
Erdogan: ‘We are not a society that has an army – we are a nation that is itself an army’
And I can see that’s a great source of pride to the little tyrant. There ain’t much else they can be proud of, like wise leadership among the world’s nations. So let’s all be conquering warriors for allah instead!
Turkey is an example of what you get when you’re guided by a hodgepodge collection of sh*t teachings from a murderous religion. No free speech, false imprisonment, murdered journalists and political opponents, terror sponsorship, no freedom of assembly, and a corrupt judicial that favors the muslim fatheads at the top. Congratulations Turkey, you proved what we already know about islamic nations, tyrany thrives unders islam.
James Lincoln says
An interesting article from the Cato Institute:
“Should the U.S. Leave NATO?”
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/should-us-leave-nato
Quazgaa says
Always thought islam is the anus of the world, with pakistan being its arsehole. But now I see the value of compromise by awarding turkey the prize of islam’s colostomy.