ALLIES: Turkey’s Erdogan calls for ‘ARMY of Islam’ to ATTACK Israel on all sides.

Less than a month ago the Turkish state’s mouthpiece the daily Yeni Şafak ran an article for Erdogan titled “A call for urgent action” and on the newspaper’s website headlined “What if an army of Islam formed against Israel?”

It called for the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to form a joint army to simultaneously attack Israel from all sides.

The article said: “If the member states of the OIC unite militarily, they will form the world’s largest and most comprehensive army.

“The number of active soldiers would be at least 5,206,100, while the defence budget would reach approximately $175billion (£124billion).”

This was accompanied by an interactive map providing formation of military forces for a joint Muslim attack on Israel.

Erdogan did not deny his support for the report and has on several occasions said he would like to resurrect the Ottoman Empire.

“Erdogan did not deny” is a far cry from the “Erdogan calls for” in the headline. In any case, the more powerful of the Sunni Arab states have assumed the role of “Israel’s unofficial Muslim allies” formerly played by the Turks.