“Allahu akbar” does not mean “God is great,” as the Western establishment media routinely claims, but rather, “Allah is greater,” that is, greater than your god. It is a declaration of supremacy with immense implications for today’s geopolitical situation, given Erdogan’s Ottoman revanchism.
This is the historic Greek church (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople which Erdogan converted into a mosque in 2020.
It was the world’s largest cathedral for over a thousand years.Erdogan’s supporters gathered there to celebrate the election results, shouting “Allahu akbar”. https://t.co/8Mgw2215xq
— Uzay Bulut (@bulutuzay_) May 29, 2023
“Erdoğan supporters celebrate their presidential election victory in Hagia Sofia<,” Greek City Times, May 29, 2023:
Supporters of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan celebrated in Hagia Sophia following the Turkish president’s reelection victory.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has strategically utilised the symbolic significance of Hagia Sophia, once the world’s largest Byzantine cathedral, which he reconverted into a mosque in 2020, to mobilise his devout and nationalist supporters ahead of Sunday’s runoff vote.
“The entire West got mad – but I did it,” he said during a rally in Istanbul on Saturday. “Obviously, Erdoğan has politically exploited the conversion of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque in 2020,” says Natalia Poulou, a professor of Byzantine archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
She also expressed regret over the relatively muted response from UNESCO. “It did react, but not as strongly as it should have, considering the significance of Hagia Sophia as a monument of world heritage.”…
Fred Alan Medforth says
Allahu-akbar shouts in the Favoriten district of Vienna: Turks celebrated Erdogan’s election victory in Austria
https://medforth.biz/allahu-akbar-shouts-in-the-favoriten-district-of-vienna-turks-celebrated-erdogans-election-victory-in-austria/
Emilie Green says
570 years ago on this date, May 29, 1453, Muslim Ottomans captured Constantinople and its magnificent Hagia Sophia, once the world’s largest Byzantine cathedral,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople
࿗Infidel࿘ says
The sooner that the West recognizes Turkey’s Turkic supremacist racism, even if it can’t see their jihadist tendencies, the better. It’s bizarre that the West, particularly NATO, is allowing Turkey to play both sides, given the latter’s agreement w/ Russia some weeks ago to resolve their disputes w/ Syria and Iran
GreekEmpress says
I predict more aggressive moves against Greece now that the madman has been “re-elected”.
FREE CONSTANTINOPLE
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Fully agree w/ ya! Unless something like that happens, Turkish triumphalism will not end. Free Constantinople, and then enforce a DMZ around the Sea of Marmara, where there can be no Turkish troops. Oh, and Greece (& maybe Bulgaria) get back Eastern Thrace
GreekEmpress says
+1
OLD GUY says
The Muslim/Islamic migration invasion running as planned. Erdogan has the plan to rebuild the Ottoman Empire. And he is doing it through migration of young muslim men invading Europe and the west to spread the empire world wide.
Trouble says
Don’t they have mosques in Turkey to celebrate devout islamists if that’s what mosques are used for. What are non Christian muslims doing in a Christian Cathedral that PREDATES Mohamed celebrating a political win. It well maybe they’re converts but very confused about who the real god is!!