Posted on 10/04/2020 6:25:29 PM PDT by MacNaughton
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned the world Jerusalem “belongs” to Turkey, harking back to the Ottoman Empire’s control over the city for hundreds of years up until it was ejected in 1917.
Erdogan made his public claim Thursday as he addressed Turkish lawmakers during a major policy speech in Ankara. He said: "In this city that we had to leave in tears during the First World War, it is still possible to come across traces of the Ottoman resistance. So Jerusalem is our city, a city from us. Our first qibla [direction of prayer in Islam] al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem are the symbolic mosques of our faith. In addition, this city is home to the holy places of Christianity and Judaism."
As the Times of Israel reported, the Ottoman Empire ruled Jerusalem from 1516 to 1917. Modern Turkey, its successor state, has long claimed a connection to the holy city, regularly condemning Israel for alleged attemtps to “Judaize” it and the U.S. administration’s December 2017 recognition of it as Israel’s capital.
Turkey’s claim to ownership and an Islamic proprietary interest in the city defies thousands of years of accepted wisdom that confirms some of Judaism’s holiest sites are located in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.
These include the Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem; the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron; and Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus.
That did not stop Erdoğan during his lengthy speech to the Turkish parliament lamenting the fate of Jerusalem and Palestinians and reaffirming his embrace of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, and is deemed a terrorist group by Israel, the E.U. and the U.S. ...
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Someone hand him a Bible.. . . NOW. It’s all in there how everything goes down. Be ready everyone. . .we don’t know exactly when God will give Jesus the go ahead to make the scene in the clouds but Jesus says to watch for the times . . .spread the Good News. . . Jesus Saves!
Islam does not alloy for captured land to ever be returned. Once capture in the name of Islam, it is always and forever to be considered Islamic.
Erdogan has definitively dispelled any doubts that he is mentally ill. He has some very wrong ideas. I hope he doesn’t act upon them. Also, he is full of ____.
This punk is going to have to be dealt with. If Trump wins he’s going to find out Turkey ends at the Turkish border.
How do you say “Come and Take It.” in hebrew?
A certain word you can mine from the english spelling of his surname.
Shin Bet - Erogan, remember that day when you never woke up and no one could figure out why? Hidden Shield.
The Jerk Store called. It ran out of Erdogan.
“An artifact of the Cold War when.....”
It goes back much further than that. The western European countries kept the Ottomans in place to keep the Russians out of the Mediterranean.
This is not going to work out well for Turkey.
“First they came for our footstools...”
De-organ?
Er-gonad?
Are-dong?
Oh, I got it:
Near-dog
Better yet, why are we still in the UN?
Movie coming: Erdy-Gurdy Man Meets Mossad.
Length: 5 minutes.
I don’t think the Erd is quite understanding the “picture” and constitution of the folks he is referring... Or of Who put them back in their land.
Go ahead Erd, that would be such a obama-weiner thing to try.
But I guess he has his own notion of the megala idea.
“ Islam does not alloy for captured land to ever be returned. Once capture in the name of Islam, it is always and forever to be considered Islamic.”
Yep, just as the White House was claimed for Islam when GW was POTUS.
Remember the a-hole dad of Bowe Bergdahl?
DRAGON. with out the E of course.
Some very interesting stuff when you read about the 1917 end of Turkish rule over Jerusalem. Allenby’s entrance. Use of bi planes. ISAIAH 31.5. Check it out
Jan. 12, 2015....Erdogan began displaying his myth-making narratives that fit 'his' political and historical vision, representing the military costumes of the 16 states founded throughout history by Turk, on the palace staircase representing the Ascension to power and authority.......So he's been at this for awhile.
Erdogan sees himself as 'the Great Sultan' Of the Middle East...
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