Bekir Coskun: The President and the King
Güncelleme Tarihi:
I have never seen a "statesman" like this before. He gets up, goes from his offices, and sits by the feet of the King, at the hotel at which the King is staying.
And meanwhile, the other statesman (Erdogan) is on his other side.
The King sits in the middle.
I have been waiting for two days.
When they went to the hotel of the King, who brought with him 9 airplanes, two thousands bags, three hundred clothing carriers, and a golden throne (good thing he didn't try to bring his petrol wells), did the President and Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic give you "pride" or "melancholy"?
Well then, why did you get so angry when I said "This can't be my president"?
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If he were "my president," he would never had awarded a state medal of honor to a king who did not visit the Anitkabir (Ataturk's masoleum), and who did not show respect for this country's rules.
Not only that, but that medal was awarded on November 10 (the day Ataturk's death is commemorated)...
Mustafa Kemal; the only commander in the last century who has won a honorable and glorious victory for the Islamic world against Western imperialism.
As for the King; someone who, in an attempt to protect his own lands through the Gulf wars, left the defense of even his sacred spots to American soldiers carrying beer cans in their hands.
If he were "my president".....
He would not have gone running over to the hotel of a King who doesn't show respect for the true glorious war heroes of our past, who places US marines on duty at the sacred lands.
The King didn't allow Ataturk's portraits to be hung in the meeting salon, instead asking that his own portrait be hung. The meetings took place under that.
While flags all over Turkey hung at half-mast due to November 10, the Saudi King wouldn't allow the same for his flag here.
But our "statesmen" headed over to his hotel.
One one the left, the other on the right.
In the middle, the King.
I watch on television as the kisses proceed under the sharia flag; one to the right cheek, one to the left, another to the right. Three altogether.
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But what can we do?
If Abdullah Gul were really "my president," he wouldn't have done any of this.
I don't want any such prime minister or president.
I protect my right to "reject" those who wipe their feet on our most treasured values as though these values are some kind of doormat.
No, "my president" would not have done any of these things.