#3.
Turkey – “İstiklal Marşı/Independence March”
Another anthem, another fight for independence. Noting that Turkish fighters were having a fair amount of success defending themselves against European invaders, it was decided that a motivational song to spur them onto victory and celebrate their inevitable success was in order. Basically, Independence March was the Super Bowl Shuffle of its day.
The lyrics focus mainly on how unbelievably awesome it would be to die for your country. We would prefer to, you know, defend our country while at the same time remaining alive. But that’s why we write dick jokes and not national anthems.
Most Awesomely Violent Lyrics
“I’m like the roaring flood; powerful and independent, I’ll tear apart mountains, exceed the heavens and still gush out!”
“Render your chest as armor and your body as trench!”
“For only then, shall my fatigued tombstone, if there is one, prostrate a thousand times in ecstasy, and tears of fiery blood shall flow out of my every wound, and my lifeless body shall gush out from the earth like an eternal spirit.”
Whatever. Their landscape still looks like a bunch of dick mountains.
Did They Live Up To It?
Damn right they did. In order to gain their independence, they had to convince the Allied Forces of World War I to abandon the Treaty of Sevres. The Allied Forces. That’s a lot of power to deal with. But convince them they did…by force.
via 6 National Anthems That Will Make You Tremble With Fear | Cracked.com.