'Islamist Neo - Ottoman conqueror' Erdogan is the commander in chief of the New Turkey.

'Islamist Neo - Ottoman conqueror' Erdogan is the commander in chief of the New Turkey.(AM).

In the video, produced by Turkey’s presidency and simultaneously broadcast on several television networks late April 20, soldiers from various Ottoman provinces including Anatolia and Iraq are seen in a roll call for the Gallipoli battles that raged from April 1915 until January 1916.

Although viewers noted a soldier named Nikola, an Ottoman Christian name, most of the clip is dominated by Muslim themes, including a call to prayer in the face of the Allied fleet approaching the Gallipoli peninsula in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale.

"Have you ever heard the voice of our martyrs?” a voice says at the beginning of the video, before Erdoğan’s own voice is heard reciting “Dua” (Prayer),” a poem by Turkish nationalist poet Arif Nihat Asya.

After reading the poem, which refers to various Islamic symbols like minarets, the call to prayer, jihad and Ramadan, Erdoğan is seen placing a wreath and praying for an Ottoman soldier who fell in Gallipoli.

Modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who is widely accepted as a key figure of the Turkish victory in Gallipoli, briefly appears at the end of the video.Erdogan peacefully concludes his prayers and is replaced on the screen with a fluttering Turkish flag. Then Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in military uniform, appears in a photo accompanied by “Yes sir, yes my commander."

In my earlier articles I had written that the pillars of Erdogan’s "New Turkey" were charismatic leadership, national will, a strong military and a strong defense industry.

But it is now clear that Erdogan, in his quest for a presidential system, will not rely only on political virtues to boost his personal charisma, but will also heavily use history, especially military legends.

What does the poem say?

Here is the English translation of the Arif Nihat Asya poem, “Dua” (Prayer), read by Erdoğan in Turkish:

“We all have a hoarse voice... do not leave

our minarets with no calls to prayer, my God!

Either bring us those who make honey

or do not just leave us with no hive, my God!

Minarets have no mahya [a string of lights set up between two minarets to flash a short text, often featuring moral or religious themes]...

Do not take the Milky Way away from our skies, my God!

Do not leave this country, which was kneaded by Muslims, with no Muslims, my God”

Give us strength... Do not leave the field of jihad with no pahlevan [wrestler], My God!

Do not leave these masses, who look for a hero, with no hero, My God!

Let us know how to resist the foe, do not leave us lifeless, my God!

On the path to tomorrows, do not leave our years with no Ramadan [month], my God!

Either disperse your herd, if left unattended, or do not leave them with no shepherd, my God!

Do not leave us, O, with no love, no water, no air and with no country, my God!”

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As i said many times before these words below are prophetic words of things to come, Europe better prepare and grow some balls.

@wellsla "Sometimes NATO Ally" #Turkey pres #Erdoğan says WWI has not ended yet. https://t.co/jHgDF8SvlZ
— MFS - The Other News (@MFS001) March 19, 2015