Yeni Asya, 27 January 2011

Historical Ottoman confession from Hungary The Hungarian lands were invaded in 1541 by Suleiman the Magnificent and remained under Ottoman rule for 160 years.
Pal Schmitt, the President of Hungary, praised Turks in his statement he made to the Spanish ABC newspaper: “I consider being under the rule of Turks for 150 years as an opportunity. If our lands were invaded by not Turks but another country, they would want us to convert to another religion and speak another language and thus we would be assimilated. For 150 years Hungary had been a strategic location for Turks.” |