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Turkey’s newest airport named after legendary hero Saladin
http://national.bgnnews.com/turkeys-newest-airport-named-after-legendary-hero-saladin-haberi/6298
Prime Minister Davutoglu said that an agreement was made with President Erdogan to name the Yuksekova Airport in as Selahaddin Eyyubi Airport, after Saladin of the Ayyubids, the Kurdish-origin Muslim conqueror of al-Quds, or Jerusalem, and one of the great enemies of the Christian crusaders, especially Richard the Lionheart.
By Allah’s will, Jerusalem belongs to the Kurds, the Turks, the Arabs, and to all Muslims. And as our forefathers fought side by side at Gallipoli, and just as our forefathers went together to liberate Jerusalem with Saladin, we will march together on the same path.
Ahmet Dovutoglu, the Prime Minister of Turkey
The Turkish media outlet, Anadolu, quoted the statement of Erdogan from his speech:
I am sure the great commander is bringing together all the people of the Middle East into the one army that defeated the Crusaders. He is currently witnessing what we are doing here spiritually. I was in his spiritual presence and I am addressing him here in Hakkari with the mighty men, be it eastern, brave south eastern, valiant Anatolian, in old Turkey, they all promise you, O Saladin, if you united the brothers in the Middle East and so will we. You said, ‘Jerusalem is not for the Crusaders.’, Saladin you witness this, Allah witnesses this.
Jerusalem is for the Muslims, and not for Israel. Why should we continue to be friends with those who stomped their boots, stepping on Masjid al-Aqsa. They insist that we have to be friends? I say, we will not!
One people, one flag, one nation, and one state!
U.S. - Turkey Relationship Crumbling
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/is-the-u.s.-turkey-relationship-crumbling
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-york-times-can-no-longer-rule-turkey-erdogan-says.aspx?PageID=238&NID=83006&NewsCatID=338
RELATIONS between Israel and Turkey, already rocky, have worsened.
Sep 10th 2011 | ISTANBUL AND JERUSALEM
On September 2nd the Turkish government formally expelled the Israeli ambassador.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/02/nation/la-na-fgw-turkey-israel-20110903