< Return to Video

Tayyip Erdogan poem that landed him in jail

  • 0:00 - 0:10
    Please ask the notion "nation" to Attatürk, take his definition of "nation" and lets continue to walk the road.
  • 0:10 - 0:13
    There is another topic
  • 0:13 - 0:16
    let me say it, it is this
  • 0:16 - 0:21
    let me say this my precious friend´s, let me tell this
  • 0:21 - 0:25
    Listen my precious friend´s
  • 0:25 - 0:38
    To put me with my relevant personal issue and those currently on trial (Ergenekon case)
    together in one category you fall in a misery, mistake.
  • 0:38 - 0:51
    Why I was sencetened to a 10 months jail?
    Because to recite Ziya Gökalp´s poem and my statements made after that! I will repeat this poem here.
  • 0:51 - 1:01
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 1:01 - 1:03
    This poem.
  • 1:03 - 1:12
    One thing that I can not digest, If the skies and the ground were to open against us.
  • 1:12 - 1:23
    If floods and volcanoes were
    to burst upon us, we are those who are proud of the Iman of our ancestors, they were never kneeled down to frightening things any day
  • 1:23 - 1:36
    the deeds of glory, the deed of Anatolia, from Malazgirt til Canakkale, where faith was
    impenetrable to fortresses, our ancestors rushing from one victory to another, this is unity this is togetherness.
  • 1:36 - 1:47
    I was sentenced to a 10 months prison due to these statements. 10 months!
  • 1:54 - 2:08
    But those friend´s of yours who you defend, why they are accused at the current time? Do not interferce in the Judiciary, leave it!
  • 2:08 - 2:21
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 2:26 - 2:37
    Who said that this song will be half finished? Who said that this poem will end here?
  • 2:37 - 2:49
    Who said that this song will be half finished? Who said that this poem will end here?
  • 2:49 - 2:59
    Keep your head up, walk my lion! This song will be the voice of my country.
  • 2:59 - 3:11
    Keep your head up, walk my lion! This song will be the voice of my country.
  • 3:11 - 3:22
    We will return to the town Tayibe one day. Certainly we will return to our homeland.
  • 3:22 - 3:34
    We will return to the town Tayibe one day. Certainly we will return to our homeland.
  • 3:34 - 3:45
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 3:45 - 3:56
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 4:27 - 4:37
    At the end of each night there is a light.
    At the end of every dark winter comes the spring.
  • 4:37 - 4:49
    At the end of each night there is a light.
    At the end of every dark winter comes the spring.
  • 4:49 - 5:01
    Keep your head up, walk my lion! The believers are superior.
  • 5:01 - 5:11
    Keep your head up, walk my lion! The believers are superior.
  • 5:11 - 5:23
    We will return to the town Tayibe one day. Certainly we will return to our homeland.
  • 5:23 - 5:34
    We will return to the town Tayibe one day. Certainly we will return to our homeland.
  • 5:34 - 5:46
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 5:46 - 5:55
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 6:49 - 7:12
    What happened to others will certainly happen to you. What happened to others will certainly happen to you.
  • 7:12 - 7:22
    Nor Pharaoh dies nor this action. It is a way of life that has befell you.
  • 7:22 - 7:34
    Nor Pharaoh dies nor this action. It is a way of life that has befell you.
  • 7:34 - 7:44
    We will return to the town Tayibe one day. Certainly we will return to our homeland.
  • 7:44 - 7:56
    We will return to the town Tayibe one day. Certainly we will return to our homeland.
  • 7:56 - 8:06
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
  • 8:06 - 8:18
    The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers.
Title:
Tayyip Erdogan poem that landed him in jail
Description:

Erdogan was sentenced to a ten-month prison term for reciting a poem during a public address in the province of Siirt in 1997:

"The minarets are our bayonets the domes our helmets the mosques our barracks and the faithful our soldiers."

"One thing that I can not digest, if the skies and the ground were to open against us. If floods and volcanoes were
to burst upon us, we are those who are proud with the Iman of our ancestors, they never kneeled down
to frightening things any day, deeds of glory, deed of Anatolia, from Malazgirt til Canakkale, faith
impenetrable to fortresses, our ancestors rushing from one victory to another, this is unity and togetherness."

Poem by Ziya Gökalp
more » « less
Video Language:
Turkish
Duration:
08:45
abumuslimkhurasaniblackbanners edited English subtitles for Tayyip Erdogan poem that landed him in jail

English subtitles

Revisions

  • Revision 1 Edited (legacy editor)
    abumuslimkhurasaniblackbanners
Our website uses cookies for analysis purposes.