A Poetic Conviction? Turkish Courts Sentence Istanbul Mayor For Speech Crime – Analysis

A Poetic Conviction? Turkish Courts Sentence Istanbul Mayor For Speech Crime – Analysis

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The minarets are our spears, the domes are our shields

The mosques are our barracks, the believers soldiers

Our faith has been waiting for this spiritual army

God is great, God is great *– Ziya Gökalp (1876–1924), “A Soldier’s Prayer”*

By James Ryan*

(FPRI) — Ottoman Turkish intellectual and ideologue...

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