Turkish → English transcript
To the Arabs, prophethood, to the Persians, spiritual authority, and to the Turks, martyrdom. There are no people who die for God's sake as much as we do, and no one sheds as much blood as we do. That line by Akif is by no means an exaggeration. "Martyrs will gush forth" — as he says, "if you squeeze the soil, martyrs" — he says, "if you squeeze the soil, martyrs will gush forth."
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Original transcript (Turkish)
Araplara nübüvvet, Farslara velayet, Türklere şehadet, bizim kadar da ölen yok Allah uğruna, bizim kadar kan döken yok, Akif'in dediği o söz asla mübalağa değildir, şüheda fışkıracak, toprağı sıksan şüheda diyor ya, toprağı sıksan diyor şehit fışkırır.
