Very long history of the Khilafah for more than 7
centuries, longer than the history of the Umayyad and Abbasids.
A majjal (nucleus
for the Khilafah state).
Huge foreign
influences around the muslim world including muslim south East Asia
(Nusantara).
But the discussion is very long, complex and could
not be discussed in complete detail.
AKP Justice and Development Party
Won 2002 election with 2/3 parliamentary seats.
2011 elections, popular votes increased to 49.83% (21,442,206 votes), compared to 34.26% (10,763,904 votes) in 2002 elections.
Advocates liberal market economy and Turkey’s
membership in Euro Union.
Mildly Islamic by Economist, while "Islamist-rooted"
and "Islamic-leaning” by Reuters, but often denied by party members.
The first Turkish party in 11 years to win an outright majority in 2002
elections.
The Economist consider the AK Party's government the most successful in Turkey in
decades.
Turkey’s rapid growth and an end to its three decade long period of high
inflation rates. Inflation had fallen to 8.8% by 2004.
300,000 people have demonstrated in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to demand
that religion and politics should be kept separate in their country (BBC News,
2007).
As many as one million people rallied in a sea of red Turkish flags in
Istanbul on Sunday, accusing the government of planning an Islamist state and
demanding it withdraw its presidential candidate (Reuters, 2007).
Welfare Party (Refah) participated in the 1991 elections in an alliance
with Nationalist Movement Party and
Reformist Democracy Party (IDP). They gained 16.9% of the vote.
The coalition government of Erbakan (Refah party president) was forced
out of power by the Turkish military in 1997, due to being suspected of having
an Islamist agenda.
Turkey’s military is the guardian of Ataturk’s
secularism. Due to this Turkey still has not gained European Union membership,
although under US pressure of the European countries.
How
ruthless is the military long before AKP came to power?
Adnan Menderes is the first democratically elected Turkish Prime
Minister between 1950–1960 was executed by hanging because he:
Re-opened thousands of mosques and legalized Arabic
language for the azan.
Adnan became a legend after his death
Everything was renamed as Adnan: Adnan Menderes
University, Adnan Menderes airport, Adnan Menderes street etc. Even families
named their sons as Adnan.
Commemoration of Adnan Menderes
But now some Turkish generals can get the sack from
Erdogan, the Prime Minister!
US has created a muslim majority country such as
Bosnia and Kosovo in Europe in late 1990s, and it also wants Turkey accession
into the EU.
But Turkey is a military dictatorship and all EU
member countries know it, then how can Turkey be a EU member? The EU will not
accept any members countries which is ruled by dictatorship.
Could it be that the weakening of the military’s
influence in Turkish politics is an American design so that this will lead to
Turkey’s accession into the EU? Already several top generals in the Turkish
army been fired from their position.
The US knows about secularism more than the Turkish
military
Being ruled by an Islamist party such as Refah
Party or AKP who gained power by democratic elections will simply not turn
Turkey into an Islamic State, the US knows about this.
Like all places in the Middle East, the US would
rather have Turkey ruled by moderate Islamist who run the country by
parliamentary democratic elections than pure secularist or a military
dictatorship. Ruling by the pure secularist or a military dictatorship is
counter-productive to US ambitions.
Please refer to Civil Democratic Islam by Cheryl
Benard.
But
the US strategy is beginning to fail
During the 1991 US war on Iraq, Turkey allowed US
to use their military base in Incirlik to launch war against Saddam Hussein’s
army to force Iraq out of Kuwait.
But during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Turkey
disallowed the US to use their air-space for the invasion.
Because Turkey knows that Saddam oppressed the
Kurds, and when Saddam is gone, the Kurds will get more power, something which
Turkey does not want. So Turkey did not support the US invasion in 2003.
Turkey’s advantage position as majjal
Turkey’s track record is becoming more impressive:
Large country, nearly 80 million population,
military service for males are compulsory. Located in a very strategic
location.
Good economic growth. Manufactures own weapons.
Largest army in NATO outside the US.
Long history of the Khilafah, longer than the
history of the Ummayyad and Abbasids combined together. The Turks are also
historically linked to muslim South East Asia (Nusantara). Has great foreign
influence.
Has withstand onslaught from enemies around Europe
for centuries.
Many of the mujahideen who fought in Bosnia and
Chechnya were from Turkey.
Turkey’s
influence of East Turkestan
East Turkestan (Xinjiang in Chinese) speak the same language as the Turks.
Turkey’s influence of Caucasus
Azerbaijan, formerly Persian domination, and formerly in Soviet Union, is muslim
majority.
Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushtia in Russian federation and also Tartarstan
in the further north of Russian
territory are muslim majority.
Independent states such as Armenia and Georgia are Orthodox Christian majority.
Problems for Turkey of being majjal for the
Khilafah
The Turks were viewed as invaders in European and
modern Arab history, not as liberators (liberation from kufr).
If Turkey rises to becomes the Khilafah, and forces
other Arab states to open their borders to the Khilafah, the enemies of
Islam will use this issue as an invasion against the Arabs. History has shown
that the Arabs (influenced by the British) fought against the Uthmani Khilafah
to “liberate” themselves.
The “Armenian genocide” will be used as propaganda
weapon against the Turks if they become the Khilafah. The enemies will push for
greater Kurdish autonomy and power, something opposite before the Khilafah fell
in 1924. A new enemy, Israel will arise for Turkey.
The old enemies will become more and more
dangerous. Turkey’s old enemies are Russia, Serbia, Croatia,
Britain, Armenia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria, or any
other country influenced by the Eastern Orthodox church. The Eastern Orthodox
church will never forget how they lost Istanbul in 1453. But surprisingly
perhaps Germany and Ireland may remain neutral.
