Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's live Interview on Guneydogu Olay TV and Cay Tv dated August 24th, 2010
ADNAN OKTAR:- I found his [Mr.Kilicdaroglu's] resentment about Mr. Tayyib's words about the race a bit inconsequential. Race is important; we are all Turks. Mr. Tayyib is proud of being a Turk. He is a Turk by descent and the other is a Turk by descent. This is what it means. There is no need to resent or take offense over this. No matter what, they are all our dear brothers. There is no pure race in Turkey anyway. Our Prime Minister is from Georgian origin but he is a Turk. I am from the Cicassian and Arab origin; I am a sayyid, a Turkman at the same time but I am Turk. Kilicdaroglu may also have the genetic coding of different races in his family line. So what? For example, did Melih Gokcek say such a thing openly?
OKTAR BABUNA: They say so
ADNAN OKTAR: Not say so, did Melih Gokcek make such a statement, I mean did that take place in the press, did he openly state something like that?
OKTAR BABUNA: Let me check it.
ADNAN OKTAR: My brother, even if he said so, let's assume that he did. For example Melih Gokcek said "Armenian" for Kilicdaroglu, we would be proud. How nice. There are many Armenians among my brothers. I have girl friends with Armenian origin. Muslim but from Armenian origin.
They are my dearest; I would never think such a thing. Our brother Yakub is also Armenian. His origin is Armenian, but they have become Muslim as a family. There are Armenian girl friends of mine as well. They are all very dear to me. If Kilicdaroglu is so, I would be proud. Armenians were called the "loyal people". We still call them that; Armenians are loyal people. We have assigned them as generals. We can make Kilicdaroglu Prime Minister if necessary. So what? His origin could be Armenian, Circassian or Kurd. They are all servants of Allah. They are all from the line of the Prophet Adam (pbuh). Is this something that would humiliate him? This is something we would be proud about. Understood?
Therefore, he should not take offense in that direction at all, he should not take it that way, not consider it in that meaning. Even if he takes it that way, he should be proud. If we make research we can find it in everyone's descendants. He can have Hittite blood, Armenian blood or Russian blood. Turkey is a bridge country. Any origin can come out of Turkey. But we are all Turks, that's it.
OKTAR BABUNA: Just like you said we have friends like that. Melih Gokcek has already told on television that his mother is ethnically Armenian.
ADNAN OKTAR: Melih Gokcek? What did Melih Gokcek say?
OKTAR BABUNA: He said on television that his mother is ethnically Armenian.
ADNAN OKTAR: Whose mother?
OKTAR BABUNA: Kilicdaroglu's.
ADNAN OKTAR: How nice, how nice. She is our mother as well. We would be proud. I love all Armenians very much. There are thousands and hundreds of thousands of Armenian brothers and sisters in Turkey. We used to make them generals in the Ottoman army, we have entrusted our soldiers to them; we made them Pashas, Generals that is the extent of our trust for them. This is something we will be proud of. What is wrong with that? Noone would be troubled by this. There are many people who are from the line of Rum and who are Rum. There are those who are Jewish and who have Jewish people in family line. They are all beautiful; they are all children of the Prophet Adam (pbuh). Don't do it. Don't see this as something against you. These are words to be proud of. Just don't.
That is what Mr. Tayyip's words mean. "I am a Turk. You are a Turk. We are all Turks." This is what it means. Insha'Allah. There is nothing else. Insha'Allah.
OKTAR BABUNA: Insha'Allah master. You already said that Armenians will also be in the Turkish Islamic Union and that it will embrace them insha'Allah.
ADNAN OKTAR: My brother, for once Armenians are very good mannered and nice people. They are beutiful people. Their morals are beautiful and their appearance is beautiful. And they are carftsman. Doctors and engineers in the Ottoman period were all Armenian. Everything from the art of wood or painting. They are very valuable doctors among them. Why else would the Ottoman call them "loyal people"? They call that since there is something extraordinary about them. They are very honest and inoffensive people. Just be careful. Whoever has such a descent should be proud. They are all our brothers. The Turkish Islamic Union will prevail everywhere. Its borders will include Russia as well and it will extend to China. We want everyone to be well. Let America be powerful and survive till the Day of Judgment. Russia as well. Let them survive till the Day of Judgment. We just do not want oppression.
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