FTA: The contentious statements included a declaration that it is being drunk, and not simply drinking alcohol, that is forbidden according to Islam, and another in which he linked Turkey’s religious Imam Hatip high schools to membership of the extremist jihadist Islamic State.

Kılıç’s controversial social media posts included one in which he wondered how such a disparate group, including heterodox religious communities, leaders and members of an Islamist cult, and the Queen of England could all have expressed support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.