TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION
Turkish PM Erdogan in Speech During Term As Istanbul Mayor Attacks Turkey’s Constitution, Describing it As ‘A Huge Lie’:
‘Sovereignty Belongs Unconditionally and Always To Allah’; ‘One Cannot Be a Muslim, and Secular’.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose political origins are with the Milli Gorus – the radical and political Islamist movement founded by the former Islamist PM Erbakan – often attacked Turkey’s secular regime and its constitution.
A video clip of one of PM Erdogan’s speeches, delivered during his term as Istanbul’s mayor (1994-1998), can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3hkWCnA8c