Turkish PM Erdogan Describes Constitution As ‘A Huge Lie’: ‘Sovereignty Belongs Unconditionally and Always To Allah’; ‘One Cannot Be a Muslim, and Secular’

Is it any wonder that Turkey is hurtling back centuries? The people are revolting against him — watch this video.

From
The MEMRI Archives: Turkish PM Erdogan in Speech During Term As
Istanbul Mayor Attacks Turkey's Constitution, Describing it As 'A Huge
Lie': 'Sovereignty Belongs Unconditionally and Always To Allah'; 'One
Cannot Be a Muslim, and Secular' MEMRI

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose political
origins are with the Milli Gorus – the radical and political Islamist
movement founded by the former Islamist PM Erbakan – often attacked
Turkey's secular regime and its constitution.

A video clip of one of PM Erdogan's speeches, delivered during his term as Istanbul’s mayor (1994-1998), can be viewed at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3hkWCnA8c

The following are excerpts from the speech:

PM Erdogan on Secularism:

"If the people want it, of course secularism will go away. You cannot
rule this people by force; you don't have the power to do that. This
[i.e. secularism] cannot work in spite of the people.

"And anyway, for the love of Allah, what is this secularism? You ask
them to define it. They can't. They say that it varies from place to
place. So what sort of a strange thing is this [secularism]?

"Today, for every concept there is a definition in the dictionary.
Every concept must have a definition […] The interior minister comes and
says that the state can interfere with religion. What about the rest?
Why don't you say the rest? No! He does not say that the religion can
interfere with the state.

"Yesterday I was at the Bosphorus University; and some of the –
probably impressionable – young people there asked me, 'Mr. Mayor, what
do you think about secularism? There are concerns that secularism is
disappearing. What will happen?'

"This is what I said to those young friends: 'In the West they say,
Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the
things that are God's. But this country's interior minister says that
Caesar has rights but God does not!'

"But the fact is that 99% of the people of this country are Muslims.
You cannot be both secular and a Muslim! You will either be a Muslim, or
secular! When both are together, they create reverse magnetism [i.e.
they repel one another]. For them to exist together is not a
possibility! Therefore, it is not possible for a person who says 'I am a
Muslim' to go on and say 'I am secular too.' And why is that? Because
Allah, the creator of the Muslim, has absolute power and rule!"

PM Erdogan on Turkish Constitution and Democracy:

"As for [the motto of Turkish democracy] 'Sovereignty belongs
unconditionally to the people.' Now, look here. This is a lie! And it's a
huge lie! We [former PM Erbakan's Islamist RP (Welfare) Party]
suggested this to them for their constitution: We said 'Let's put
brackets next to 'sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people' and
write within the brackets, 'once every five years.'

"They began to laugh. I asked them why they were laughing. Do the
people have such a privilege, other than once every five years? Then
what's-his-name says – and where does he say this? – it is in 1985 and
we are having a discussion on the constitution in a meeting in the
Marmara Hotel. He gets up and says 'No, this is not right.'

"At that moment, the former finance minister, who was completely
drunk, also joins in to give advice. I told them that they must have
prepared this constitution at the same table [at which they together
consume alcohol]. Why? Because they do not prepare these constitutions
with sober heads, but with drunken heads!  That is why their
constitutions last no more than two years.

"Now, this constitution is full of gaps and holes. Like a rag with
patches. The other day journalists asked me what I think about this
[constitution]. I said, Look, what do they say? That sovereignty belongs
unconditionally to the people. You must think well. When [does the
sovereignty belong to the people]? It is only when they go to the polls
[every five years] that sovereignty belongs to the people. But both
materially, and in essence, sovereignty unconditionally and always
belongs to Allah!"

For more of PM Erdogan’s statements see MEMRI reports:

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1554.htm

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1600.htm

Is Prime Minister Erdogan an Islamist?

The following are excerpts from a compilation of some of the
statements made by PM Erdogan during his terms as Istanbul’s mayor and
as Turkey’s prime minister: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKaO_dyKIpA&mode=related&search=

"Elhamdulillah [by Allah’s grace] we are sharia-ists" (Milliyet, Nov. 21, 1994)

"I am against [celebrating] the [Christian/Gregorian] New Year" (Sabah, Dec. 19, 1994)

"I went not just to tekke [a prayer house] but to dergah [Islamic learning center]" (Gozcu, Jan. 22, 1997)

"There is no need to stand up to honor Ataturk" (Hurriyet, May 12, 1994)

"They [secular Turks] make such a big fuss every November 10^th [the anniversary of Ataturk’s death] (Hurriyet, Nov. 14, 1994)

"Alcoholic drinks must be banned" (Hurriyet, May 1, 1996)

"We will turn Istanbul into Madina" (Akit)

"All the schools will become [madrassa-like religious] Imam Hatip schools" (Cumhuriyet, Sep. 17, 1994)

"I am the Imam of Istanbul" (Hurriyet, Jan. 8, 1995)

"Swimsuit ads are exploitation of lust" (Hurriyet, Mar. 6, 1996)

"National Lottery is atrocity" (Hurriyet, Sep. 29, 1994)

"Insh’allah [i.e. Allah’s willing] we will begin the
construction of the mosque in Taksim [Istanbul’s largest and most
central square]" (Jul. 1, 1994)

"Days that Turkey will have a president from imam hatip [school] are near" (Akit, Feb. 5, 1996)

"[Islamic color] Green is civilization" Istanbul painted in green color] [in Istanbul municipality June 25, 1994]

"Only imams should officiate all the marriages" [Milliyet, May 9, 1995]

"Our reference [guide] is Islam. Our only goal is an Islamic state.
They can never intimidate us. If the skies and the earth open up, if
storms blow on us, if the lava of volcanoes flow on us, we will never
change our way. My guide is Islam. If I cannot live according to Islam,
why live at all? [Turk], Kurd, Arab, Caucasian cannot be differentiated;
because these peoples are united under the roof of Islam." [from his
Dec. 6, 1997 speech], [Hurriyet, Sep. 24, 1998]

"I vouch for Yassin [Al Qadi]. I trust him the same way I trust my
father. I know him like I know myself." (defending on national TV the UN
black-listed Saudi millionaire Yassin Al Qadi who was declared by the
UN [and U.S.] as a financier of terrorism for which he was wanted
everywhere) [NTV, July 11, 2006; Hurriyet, July 16, 2006]

 

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Andrey

10 years ago

Though Turkey has no oil, it lives much better than many other muslim countries. And all this as because of secular way of living. The turkish protesters demonstrate that they are not excited by the perspective of religious empowering.

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momolala

10 years ago

imagine having to argue with half-a-dozen deluded empty pricks like this one every day! let’s ban this disease in the west asap before our collective brains turn to jelly.

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Zorah

10 years ago

Erdogan has ties to Fethullah Gulan which was reported on Infidel Taskforce Blog, and USDL. Surprised Pam has not mentioned this relationship as Gulan lives in pedophile pimp state of Pennsylvania in the Poconos on exile from Turkey. This man has CIA Muslim Brotherhood lovers & ties to AKA and Skeikh Kurdi who opposed Ataturk and funds several schools wants an Islamic New World Order. Another Nazi hiding in the U.S. probably loves fake jew Nazi Kissinger as they are close by.

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Ayn Rand Must Be Rolling In Her Grave By Now

10 years ago

Religion, in the hands of governments and other institutions seeking to deny fundamental human rights, makes ‘atheists’ of us all. Any notion of The Divine which seeks to overturn the right to conscience, speech, property, liberty, free association and life is no religion and must not be followed if one wishes to remain a free and thinking human being. Struggle against those that would create a technological police state overseen by religious fascists and their allies.

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