“The vote in France, where there are nearly 5 million Muslims, clearly showed that the extent of racism, discrimination and anti-Muslims sentiments has reached dangerous levels,” Erdoğan said on Friday at a conference on "Change in Muslim Societies and Role of Women" in İstanbul. - Turkey's Erdoğan: French vote reveals gravity of hostility towards Muslims (Today's Zaman)
In recent times, France under the presidency of Nicholas Sarkozy, has adopted a bill criminalizing denial of the Armenia killings as 'genocide'. The attitude of the French President towards Turkey is an extension of previous oppositions towards Turkey's accession into the European Union which is nothing less than an expression of his deep-seated enmity towards the Turkish people and the Muslim nation.
In his harsh reply to Sarkozy, Erdogan quoted a letter dated February 1526, a reply from Suleiman al Qanuni to Francis I when he begged the Ottoman Sultan for his assistance to save his from the Spanish capture. In which the letter showed how much the Turks appreciated it's friendship with France. He said:
"I, the khan and sultan of Mediterranean, Black Sea, Anatolia, Karaman, Kurdistan, land of persian, Damascus, Aleppo, Egypt, Mecca and Medina, Jerusalem and all of the lands of arabian, yemen and all of many other countries; Son of the Bayezıd, Son of the Sultan Selim, Shadow of the God, Sultan Suleiman Khan and you, governor of the France, Francis...You have sent to my Porte, refuge of sovereigns, a letter by your faithful agent Frangipani, and you have furthermore entrusted to him sundry verbal communications; you have informed me that the enemy has overrun your country and that you are at present in prison and a captive, and you have here asked aid and succors for your deliverance. (...)
Take courage then, and be not dismayed. Our glorious predecessors and our illustrious ancestors (may God light up their tombs!) have never ceased to make war to repel the foe and conquer his lands. We ourselves have followed in their footsteps, and have at all times conquered provinces and citadels of great strength and difficult of approach. Night and day our horse is saddled and our saber is girt. May God on High promote righteousness! May whatsoever He will be accomplished! For the rest, question your ambassador and be informed.(...)"
— Answer from Suleiman I to Francis I of France, February 1526
As a member of the Muslim nation and a great and ardent admirer of the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, I stand by Turkey in its' trials and tribulation that it goes through. Our hearts and minds are for and with the Turkish people and their Prime Minister. The incessant attacks on Turkey is an attack on the Muslim nation!
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