The mosques are our barracks, The domes our helmets, The minarets our bayonets, And the faithful our soldiers…
Update: Since this article was published Ahmet Davutoglu has resigned as Turkey's Prime Minister. Reports suggest this comes as a result of a rift with President Erdogan caused by the increasingly 'Presidential' nature of Turkey's politics.
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SUBSCRIBEDouglas Murray is associate editor of The Spectator and author of The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity, among other books.
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