हास तुर्क कभी प्रियतम के प्रतीक थे। फारसी में तुर्क' का मतलब ही माशूक हो गया । तुर्क मगबच्चों से कठोर थे। मगबच्चे अधिकतर 'साक़ी' थे तो तुर्क 'कातिल'। तुर्की से प्रेम तो जाता रहा, किंतु उनकी कठोरता आज भी बनी है। तुर्क अाज कमाल-परस्त हैं, पीर या बुतपरस्त नहीं। उनके विचार में कुरान, काबा, रसूल आदि की परम्ती भी मुल्क परस्ती से खाली नहीं। इनमें उन्हें कुछ मतलब नहीं । विचारशील नुकों का कहना है कि इसलाम कभी अरब के लिये उत्तम था, आज भी (१) शिअरुल अजम, बिल्द चहारुम, पृ० १९० । (२) प्रसिद्ध तुकी पत्रिका 'इजत्तिहाद' के संपादक डाक्टर अन्दुला जेवदेत वे का कथन है.... "God says in the koran, verily we have sent down the koran in the Arabic languige, so that you may understand it,' From these words it is crident that the koran lias been addressed to the Arabs, aud the Turks can have no share in it. In thic carly ages of superstition it was only natural that each people slould have a god of their own creation, and in that case it was to be expected that the revengeful Arabs should have a revengeful and mighty Allah. Nowever much we try to prove the unity of god, it is truc tliat there are as many gols as the number of men in the work. My own god is one who does only good, and is able to do every thing that is good, who is sun by day and moon by night, who is cye to ines and liglit to their eyes. Tliis is the God wlion the brave worship. Such is my God. szy God is not the creator of evil. My God is light to the cyes. lle is the sun by day and the inoon by night. If lie does not prevent adisaster, Ile weeps together with those who suffer and need consolation. "The Arabs have ruined us ( the Turks ) by forcing upon us an Allah of their own creation. This Allah does
