Turkish MFA: "We cannot just make statements and statements. We must do more. It is time to show our unity and determination. The Ummah awaits our leadership. Turkey is ready to take all necessary measures. "
Btw this ''ummah'' obsession came with Erdogan government. He is part of ikhwanist movement. He literally uses an entire country for his ideologic obsessions.
Turkey was founded in fact opposing this idea. In Ataturks ideal Turkey was to be a modern, secular, nation state that is integrated to European civilization.
Modern Turkey was literally the anti-thesis of Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire was a non-industrialised theocratic decentralised absolute monarchy.
Ataturk completely took France as an example while founding Turkey. Especially French laicism was preferred over secularism. Which was basically state and church not only seperating but also state keeping church under strict control. Also French nationalism was taken as the primary example for Turkish nationalism that is everyone who is a citizen of Turkey is Turkish and the Turkish language is the language that is spoken in commercial, governmental and workplace communications. (sometimes some PKK symphatisants claim Turkey banned Kurdish but it isnt true. Only in governmental/commercial/workplace communications only Turkish was allowed just like French language law, they even make fuss about a Kurdish politician speaking Kurdish in the assembly getting criticised, well Vergennes are politicians allowed to speak any other language than French in French assembly?)
Anyway I distracted the topic. Long story short Erdogan is trying to undo this Turkish nationalism and replace it with his ummah understanding after 100 years but people just dont care about it. We are Turks and we have muslims(both sunni and alevi), atheists(like me), deists, agnostics.
Even his vote base doesnt like Arabs. Turkish people are just so effected by Arab riot in WW1. Especially founders of our republic being the witnessing commanders of those days(Ataturk was under Djemal Pasha in Hijaz-Yemen front) they were especially aware of this.
Ataturk even has a quote on this: ''No Turkish son will ever spill blood for the lands of Arabia''. Erdogan does and further intends to grossly violate this.
