Ensar Emre TUNA: "Chapter Twelve - The Turks": Chapter Twelve - The Turks Turkey was a secular country but the soldiers' underlying religious beliefs were Islamic. They believed that the spirit of any Turkish soldier killed on a battle ground would go directly to paradise as a martyr.

Turkey was a secular country but the soldiers' underlying religious beliefs were Islamic. They believed that the spirit of any Turkish soldier killed on a battle ground would go directly to paradise as a martyr.