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What did the Turkish president mean when he said that “Europe deserves what it is suffering”? Is the “sultan”, as a late self-proclaimed leader of the Muslim world, indirectly sending a message of punishment and revenge to the Western world? The dramatic events in Austria and the bitter associations
“Against sinful Europe, the only voice that is raised today is the voice of the Muslim world!”he yelled in outrage at Erdogan’s French satirical sketches, all the while taking holy oaths against a Europe “With sins so ugly and miserable, that not even the vast seas will be able to wash their stains”, according to the Turkish president.What does this latest verbal attack by the neo-Ottoman sultan on Europe, its values and its way of life portend?
Erdogan never hid his dislike for the Western way of life. A democratic way of life, tolerant of others, liberal, in a word, “civilized”. After all, how can you not dislike him, since within Turkey you have been trying for years to impose a way of life based on the exact opposite: to authoritarianism, to oppression, to freedom, to fear. Anything that does not conform to the principles of Islam is automatically considered “sinful” and “blasphemous”., is considered something that should be eliminated from Turkish society, as it disturbs its supposed “moral order”. Are you not disturbed by the financial scandals the Turkish president is involved in, the palaces of luxury in which he lives, the murders, the torture and the bloodshed of so many innocent people? This, however, is another matter …
According to Erdogan, then, Europe is “sinful”, since, in his opinion, its way of life is “sinful”. What he wants to say, but does not dare to say, the Turkish president is what deserves to suffer for his “sinfulness”. He, of course, keeps the pretexts and does not say it, since he realizes the terrible storm of reactions that such an affirmation will provoke, in a Europe that already suspects even hostile towards him …
According to Erdogan, what does Europe really deserve? This “sinful Europe” breeds reasonably bitter associations with those who know about History. If we take a historical look at the late 19th and early 20th centuries, we will see that this is what the Turks called the then cosmopolitan Smyrna. “Unfaithful Smyrna” was called in anger, perhaps with some jealousy, due to his liberal lifestyle, which was more suited to the civilized West than to the Islamic East.
In fact, at that time, Izmir was the largest and most developed port in the eastern Mediterranean. It was a city that thrived in its “sweet Ionian atmosphere,” as Sikelianos wrote., cradle of arts and culture, multicultural a paradise of freedom and tolerance with the predominant Greek element, where people spoke freely in cafes, in urban salons, on the streets, while women, with their characteristic “western” aura, dressed according to the demands of the fashion of the time. A paradise that the Turks turned into hell, setting the city ablaze with fury and completely delivering it in 1922 to flames.
The Turks were not content to kill their inhabitants then. The “infidel Smyrna”, who was so hated for her liberal and western lifestyle, had to be punished, burned, completely destroyed, because according to Chets fans, she deserved it.
If we go back to today, Erdogan is seen addressing the fanatical Turkish crowds, giving holy oaths and attacking “sinful Europe”, emphasizing that with its ugly and miserable sins, not even the vast seas will arrive. to wash off their stains, “one may reasonably ask: Does the Turkish president, as the late self-proclaimed leader of the Muslim world, indirectly but clearly send the same message of punishment and revenge, the motto to start a holy war against Europe for the “just” punishment of the sinful European way of life? From the barbaric burning of “infidel Smyrna”?
The terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday night (02.11) inevitably creates horrible associations and many questions.
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