Discussing Military Influence on Turkish Prayer and Language

The Turkish military system is steppe-based.

Even if you live in Turkey, you understand.

Even when Turks pray, they pray like soldiers.

Right. There’s absolutely no movement, even after the prayer.

Uh, the glorification is by command, and the supplication is by command.

Right. It’s a military system. Glory be to God. This is something sociological.

And this group movement. Yeah, because this is something military.

This system, for example, we say Onbaşı, yüzbaşı, binbaşı.

Even in Arabic, we use—ranks. Ranks. They were the first to establish these ranks.

When? He was Turkish, in Central Asia. Two thousand years before Christ.

This system, I mean, this system is used by all the armies of the world.

Onbaşı, yüzbaşı—this system comes from the Turks.

They’re, I mean, naturally military-minded.

And their— their movements are organized. Organized.

And there’s, I mean, if someone— even in Turkish, for example.

Some people don’t know Turkish. When they hear Turkish, they say, for example, Persian, there’s, uh, how do I say it…

Resonant and melodic, like a song, like poetry.

The Arabic language is like the Quran. When you read the Quran, there's something there.

But the Turkish language is commands. They say...

I mean, in Turkish there's pressure like this.

This comes from the army. I mean, any sociological factor, nature or its innate qualities affect everything.

Yes, exactly. Even now.