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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

in the vanguard. Turkishness is
always mentioned in the context of
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). The Turkish nation is a
very blessed and noble one. It always carried the
banner of Islam. It is a heroic nation. It is courageous
and keeps its word. You can see this in the essence of the
army. Whichever country you may go to in the world, whenever
Turkish troops are mentioned people will talk about them with love
and say, "We wish all the others would go and that Turkish troops
would come." Go to Somalia, for instance, and they will say, "let

the rest go but let Turkish troops come." Or go to Afghanistan and
they will embrace Turkish troops. Why? Because they are coura-
geous and honest. They are affectionate.
Usak Art TV: They have faith.
Adnan Oktar: They have faith. They fear Allah and behave ra-
tionally, logically. Allah appoints such a nation as the standard
bearer for Islam. Allah has given this nation the task of spreading
Islamic moral values, insha'Allah. That was also how it was in Ot-
toman times. Everyone who says he is Turkish is a Turk. For exam-
ple, I am a sayyid. I am descended from the Prophet (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace), but I am also a pure-blood Turk.
A genuine Turk. It is as if Allah has bestowed a spiritual protec-
tion on this nation, on everyone who says he is a Turk, such
an exemplary and virtuous nation, a nation that lives by
Islam in an exemplary manner. Ask anyone in the
Islamic world who best embodies Islam,
and they will say Turkey. Turks em-
body it in the most consis-

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