All praise be to Allah and peace and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah and upon his family, companions, and those who follow his way path until the Day of Judgment,

Respected audience, Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
Perhaps some people are finding it peculiar that we in Hizb ut Tahrir call upon the Turkey's army to rise to give victory for the people of Gaza and all Palestine! But our call is not strange! And how would it be strange and the parents and grandparents of these officers and soldiers, the Ottomans, had left a legacy and a history full of distinction, glory and heroism... Yes, they are the sons of the people of great military might, the people of the conquests. The enemy watched for their sailing ships in fear of them and dimmed the lights of their lighthouses, fearing that they would steer towards them... And how can it be peculiar? and they are the descendants of the people who were engaged in Jihad far from this worldly temptations so they prevailed and the kingdoms acquiesced to them... People, who their biggest concern was the pinnacle of Islam and attaining the Highest Paradise ... They are the descendants of the army that stunned the world in the sixteenth century and were involved in Jihad on four fronts in order to protect the passageways and rescued Muslims from the manipulative colonial armies. They opened Constantinople and Adrianople and others ... they even reached the walls of Vienna, and retracted away to another front only in rescue of Muslims ... They supported and brought victory to the vulnerable who were fleeing from the usurped Andalusia. Hence they were a thorn in the throat of the Crusaders ... The Ottoman army was a striking example of order and discipline, that attracted foreign travelers. It did not gather the mercenary soldiers, and its members were not influenced by the behavior of the degenerate peoples, rather it followed the Sunnah of the trustworthy guide, so it succeeded and triumphed.

For all of this, it is not surprising that we call on the sincere sons of the Turkish army to restore the legacy of their parents and grandparents, the heroes, to support the oppressed... to bring the true victory for Gaza, to repel the Jewish entity's aggression and liberate the land of Isra'a of Al-Mustafa (saw)...

We at Hizb ut Tahrir seek from the sincere in the Turkish army to march for the sake of Allah ... We are eager to see them around Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock, protecting Al-Aqsa and eliminating every cunning enemy... We know that our sincere sons in the Turkish army are affected when they see images of the Ottoman Khilafah "Caliphate" Army in Jezreel Valley in Palestine showing the prestige of the Islamic State and the glory of its army... They are affected when they see the images of the Ottoman Khilafah "Caliphate" Army gathering in great number in Jerusalem (Al-Quds Ash-Sharif), the station of Isra'a of our beloved Prophet (saw), raising the banner bearing victory from Allah and an imminent conquest. They are affected when they see the images of their ancestors of the Ottomans in the Battle of (Canakkale) fighting in one row as though they were a single structure firmly joined.... The people of Jerusalem lined to join this army prior the First World War, and mothers wished for their children the honor of fighting in the great Ottoman army, that they may attain what bestowed Mohammad Al-Fatih (the Conqueror) of honor and esteem in both realms.

We ask the sincere sons and grandsons of the heroes of the Ottomans: What happened to you, O the great army? What is this humiliation and weakness? Is it from the lack of tools and ordnance? How this is, and the Turkish army is the strongest army in the Middle East? And it ranks eighth among the strongest armies in the world, while Jews statelet occupies the eleventh place... Which means that we surpass them in all lines, so how can we be the inferior? The argument that the Jewish army is invincible is a lie, exposed by the resistance.

We say to our sons among the soldiers and officers ... the jihadist army may lose a battle but does not lose a war ... because the determination that ignited the commanders and soldiers is the same as that which manufactured Badr, Hunayn and Yarmouk, and is the same that opened Andalusia and made Muhammad Al-Fatih (the Conqueror) and his predecessors resolve to open Constantinople. It is the same... which will liberate Al-Aqsa and restore matters to what it is supposed to be.

We affirm that the national military doctrine has squandered and was not preserved. It is the doctrine of weakness and cowardice; it dispels the prestige of the army so that it does not make way for fighting for the sake of Allah... It is the doctrine that made the military an employment to receive the salary, and its recruitment became a heavy burden on the heart of the young people who are running away from it... It is a doctrine that made the military ranks for ostentation so the army was void of its true meaning.

Indeed, we in Hizb ut Tahrir call upon our sons in the Turkish army not to continue neglecting Jihad and not to abandon bringing victory for those who are crying out in Gaza and all Palestine, because it is an evil and not any evil...! Do not abandon the pinnacle of this Deen so that you win in both realms.

Finally, we ask Allah that He enables us with the attainment of honor to liberate our Al-Aqsa, the captive, and its pure surroundings at the hands of the Turkish army, so that we become the best successor to the best predecessor.
Wa Assalam Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

Mahmoud Kar
Head of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
Wilayah of Turkey