This article has that famous Islamic quote, Erdogan seems fond of the saying, he did not create it, emboldened below:
Welcome To The ‘Islamic Republic Of Turkey’
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Fast-Track from Felon to Presidential Falcon
“The minarets are our bayonets, the domes our helmets, the mosques our barracks, and the faithful our soldiers…We will put a final end to ethnic segregation. No one can ever intimidate us. If the skies and the ground were to open against us, if floods and volcanoes were to burst, we will not turn from our mission. My reference is Islam…” 1
Everywhere apparent in Turkey is the impact of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (and his so-called ‘Justice and Development’ Party’s (AKP) stealthy ‘coup’ that has de-Kemalised the face of the nation: from the huge new mosques in city centres, Erdoğan ’s boastful 1,100 room palace costing £500 million 2; the sweeping aside of Istanbul’s secular culture when Mayor, toppling of the educated aristocracy and a new generation of women covered in varying degrees by Islamic dress – Turkey is no longer a secular democracy and Erdoğan no democrat. The Boston Globe commented recently, “Little remains of democratic liberty, the rule of law, or political checks and balances in Turkey. Even before the uprising, the country was well on its way to becoming an Islamist autocracy…”
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