Is Erdogan Calling for Jihad In Turkey?
Prime Minister Erdogan's May 5 speech, with its religious imagery and outrage about events in Syria, could be seen as a rallying cry for a Turkish religious obligation to fight the regime, writes Pinar Tremblay.
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A rather long speech Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave at his party’s consultation and assessment meeting at Kizilcahamam, Ankara, on May 5, marks a turning point in Turkish foreign policy.
Erdogan spoke about many domestic issues but almost his entire speech was structured upon this moral clarity on what is right for Syria.