Akıncılar Derneği
The Akıncılar Derneği ("Association of Akıncılar") is a Turkish- Islamist youth association. The association was founded on October 25, 1975. It acted as the unofficial youth organization of the Millî Selamet Partisi (MSP) and was part of the Islamist Millî Görüş movement . Until the ban in 1979, the association was involved in violent clashes with nationalist, left-wing and Kemalist Turks. Members committed acts of violence and were victims of violence. The association was banned in 1979 and re-established in 2011.
A particularly radical split from the association was that of Akıncı Güç . She belonged to Salih Mirzabeyoğlu , the founder of İBDA-C .
designation
The name is based on the Akıncı , the irregular riding troops ("runners and burners") of the Ottoman Empire . The name "Akıncılar" had a positive sound. This is also how the Turkish soldiers at the Battle of Gallipoli or in the Turkish Liberation War were called . Even pupils in village institutes were sometimes called that.
The Islamic Youth Associations
A few months after the founding of the Millî Nizam Partisi (MNP), the party's official youth movement was founded. After the military coup in Turkey in 1971 , the party was banned from the Millî Görüş spectrum. The youth organization of the successor party Millî Selamet Partisi was founded on May 29, 1973. The chairman was Ahmet Oğuz and Chief Executive belonged Recep Tayyip Erdogan .
society
The association was founded on October 25, 1975 by 32 people from Millî Türk Talebe Derneği . The application to found an association was officially received by the Vali of Ankara on December 12, 1975 . The chairman of the board was Tevfik Rıza Çavuş. The club's headquarters were on Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvarı in Ankara. The inauguration ceremony took place on January 23, 1976.
The first local club was opened in Kayseri , the hometown of Chairman Çavuş. On May 23, 1976, the opening of 22 Istanbul local associations was celebrated in Istanbul with a major event in the Harbiye Spor ve Sergi Sarayı convention center . The guest of honor was the acting Minister of Justice İsmail Müftüoğlu. He called the Akıncılar a model for all of humanity. The crowd chanted slogans like "Salvation lies in Islam". Istanbul chairman Yakub Kaldırım blamed alienation from Islam, the opening to the West and materialism for the “burgeoning anarchy”. After half a year there were already 360 local associations. Çavuş later wrote that one of the first public actions was a large anti-Israel rally. There the “Israel of the sons of Israel cursed by God were condemned.” Further rallies followed in Istanbul, Konya and Sivas. The organization also held numerous summer camps in different regions.
Çavuş's successor as chairman was Mehmet Tezel.
The second general assembly of Akıncılar took place on April 8, 1978 in the Yıldız cinema in Ankara. 935 delegates from 398 local associations appointed a new board. Speakers were u. a. Necmettin Erbakan and former chairman Çavuş. In his speech he spoke of the “soulless monster” of the West, which lulls the Islamic countries into a death sleep and defends itself against their awakening. The Akıncılar fought for the supremacy of God over the entire earth. Mehmet Tellioğlu became the new chairman of the organization. The next day after the constituent board meeting, he turned against the rampant anarchy and declared that there was no other solution than Islam. In a statement from April 15, 1978 by the association's headquarters, it was said that one fights against anyone who opposes God, for the sovereignty of God. It is time to entrust the people of Anatolia to God. This will mean the end of the imitators and partisans of the West. On April 30, 1978 the 400th local club was officially opened in Balıkesir. In addition, branches of the association for high school students ( Akıncı Liseliler Birliği ) and organizational parts for employees (AK-Mem), those interested in sports (Akıncı Sporcular Derneği) and workers (AK-İş) were formed.
Publications
On December 15, 1976 Akıncılar Derneği published the first issue of his monthly magazine '' Gölge ''. She served as an ideological guide and was touted in advertisements in the Millî Gazete "fighting magazine" ( kavga dergisi ), which - based on Hegel's terminology - waged the fight for the "absolute spirit that spans epochs" ( Çağlarüstü Mutlak Fikir ).
Later another magazine called Akıncı-Güç appeared within the movement , which competed with the official magazine and took clearly different points of view.
On August 3, 1979, the first issue of a 15-daily publication called Akıncılar appeared . The headline read "Life, Faith and Jihad". The article described Islam as the absolute order. Neither the West nor the materialistic philosophy of the Eastern Bloc or the mysticism of the Hindus could lull this youth to sleep. Communism is the upper jaw and capitalism the lower jaw of a crocodile. Neither there nor in fascism or the other Jewish pitfalls do the Islamic youth find their home. She regards Islam as the only salvation and gives herself completely to this cause.
Hymn of Akıncı Gençlik
The Akıncı Gençlik Marşı was the anthem of the Youth Akıncı
Text:
Müslümanın hedefi
Hem hem komünisti faşisti
Ezeceğiz mutlaka
Kalpte iman, elde kuran ile çıktık biz yola
Önderimiz Peygamberimiz, muzafferiz mutlaka
Ya oluruz, ya ölürüz
Biz bu yoldan dönmeyiz
Yüce İslam devletini kuracağız mutlaka
Türkistan since Eritre'de
Filistin'de Moro'da
Müslüman 'ın tüm hakkını alacağız inşallah
Ey Müslüman Ey Müslüman
Cihad vakti yaklaştı
Al silahı vur omuza
Dinsiz düşmana karşı
The march of Akıncı Gençlik
The goal of the Muslims
Both the Communists and the Fascists
Will we definitely crush
With faith in the heart and the Koran in hand, we made our way
Our guide is our prophet, our victory is inevitable
either we woo or we die
, we will not repent
We will found the sublime state
In Turkestan and Eritrea
In Palestine and the Philippines (see Moro Province )
We will achieve all the rights of Muslims, God willing
O Muslim, O Muslim
The time of Jihad is at hand.
Take up your weapon and put it on
Against the unbelieving enemy
Violent clashes
Armed clashes between Islamist and other groups began years before Akıncılar Derneği was founded. Well-known examples are the Konya uprising of July 23 and 24, 1968 and the Bloody Sunday ( Kanlı Pazar ) of February 16, 1969.
In 1976 the political dispute between the MSP and the nationalist Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP) intensified . This was also reflected on the grassroots level in violent clashes. The first deaths on the Akıncılar side were in January 1976. But also arguments between Akıncılar and left-wing students, such as on March 11, 1976 at the Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi , were fought with weapons.
According to Interior Minister Oğuzhan Asiltürk, between the beginning of 1974 and January 31, 1977, 81 young adults were killed and 1,846 injured in clashes between the three major political groups at war. A Senate Commission gave on 23 April 1977, a detailed, 217-page statement of political violence out, which was published in several newspapers. According to this, a total of 37 members of left and 11 members of right groups lost their lives in 1975 and 1976. The report found a significant increase in violence from 1975 onwards.
Much of the controversy centered on student dormitories, each owned by a particular grouping, and which often designated certain areas as liberated areas. The Akıncılar regularly ruled the dormitories that were subject to the supervision of the Vakıflar Foundation Authority or where students from the theological faculties lived.
Attitude to the question of violence
Organization chairman Mehmet Tezel called on April 4, 1976 at an "Area Assembly for Central Anatolia" in Konya to end the bloodshed among brothers. Members should beware of anarchy and the plague. However, he continued:
- Crush and destroy the mentality, communism and fascism that draw arms against our army and police and commit kufr .
In a written statement published on August 7, 1977 by Chairman Mehmet Tezel, it was said that the Akıncılar were very saddened by the latest developments. Only the state can put a stop to the “international powers” who want to turn Turkey into a tool of communism and “swallow” it. It is grist to the mill of the imperialists if you fight those who strive for dominance on the streets on the streets. There is no value in basking in the pose of a savior of the fatherland.
After the murder of a member in Ankara, Mehmet Tellioğlu declared in writing on July 12, 1978 that the perpetrators would pay double or triple for it. The Akıncılar are ready to sacrifice their blood for the word they have given God. The struggle ( Akın ) continues until the religion of God rules the entire earth and Fitna is overcome.
Metin Yüksel , who was later murdered , declared on July 12, 1978, on the occasion of the temporary closure of the local association in Fatih, where he was the local chairman, that the fight would continue until the world stops turning. Either silence the others or make them spit blood.
On the occasion of the death of a club member, Tellioğlu issued a press release that the jihad could not be stopped. Extra-Islamic forces have designated Turkey as a pilot area to come closer to their plan to destroy the Muslims. It is part of their tactics to drive Turkey's Muslims onto the streets and destroy them.
Interior Minister İrfan Özaydınlı announced on August 18, 1978 that during the period in office of the Ecevit government (from January 5, 1978) a total of 11,750 people had been arrested for politically motivated violence. Pre-trial detention was imposed in 1,619 cases. 668 detainees on remand were left-wing and 897 right-wing people.
The association's attitude to violence was contradicting itself. Halis Özdemir, then chairman of Akıncı Sporcular Derneği, describes in his book Mamak Zindanlarında bir Akıncı how Oğuzhan Asiltürk prevented his efforts to send Akıncılar to Palestine for training on the weapon.
Chronology of violent conflicts
In connection with planned commemorations by left-wing students for the events of Kızıldere , there was a shooting between Akıncılar and "revolutionaries" on March 11, 1976 at the Yıldız Teknik University in Ankara.
On May 16, 1976 there were clashes between nationalist students and Akıncılar at Ataturk University in Erzurum. Nationalists who ruled the university's dormitories at the time had prevented the Akıncılar from gathering. 30 students were injured during the protest.
On August 25, 1976, a worker in Malatya was killed by Akıncılar and his brother was seriously injured. They removed the Millî Selamet Partisi slogans and were then attacked by Akıncılar.
On January 17, 1977, Akıncılar raided places in Şehremini (Istanbul) where alcohol was served.
In April 1977 there were several serious clashes between nationalists and Akıncılar at Ataturk University in Erzurum. An MSP student had been beaten up. Akıncılar students threw dynamite sticks at the Jandarma . The arrest of 132 students associated with the MSP led to demonstrations, which in turn resulted in street battles between nationalists and Akıncılar, with numerous injuries.
On September 10, 1977, strangers threw dynamite into a mosque in the central Anatolian town of Divriği, where the prayer was taking place. An angry mob then stormed the workplaces of alleged Alevis. Several people were injured by knife wounds and one student died from his injuries.
On September 25, 1977 in Elazığ, the member of Akıncılar Bahri Kılıç was stabbed to death.
On October 25, 1977, four young Akıncılar were attacked by members of a left-wing group. Metin Yüksel was seriously injured. Two of three bullets hit him in the abdomen. Two of his companions were each hit by a bullet.
On November 9th, 1977 members of the Akıncılar shot at two women’s hairdressing shops in Fatih (Istanbul) and smeared the facade with slogans like “The Koran is our constitution” and “Islam is the only way - Akıncılar”.
On November 10, 1977, members of the Akıncılar stormed a memorial service for Ataturk at the Vefa High School in Istanbul.
On December 12, 1977, the Akıncı Association in Kocamustafapaşa (Istanbul) was attacked with explosives.
On December 18, 1977, Akıncı member Nazım Durmuş was shot dead by members of a left group in Kartal (Istanbul).
On December 26, 1977, a group of nationalists in Edirne attacked the Akıncı Erdoğan Tuna and killed him.
Also on December 26, 1977, a group of leftists attacked the Akıncı association in Pötürge (Malatya). Weapons were used in the clashes and eight people were injured.
On January 2, 1978, Akıncılar attacked a restaurant in Fatih (Istanbul) whose owner had refused to make a donation.
On January 5, 1978, armed Akıncılar assaulted the teacher Cemil İşleyen in Erzurum and injured him.
In January 1978 there were riots between Akıncılar and "Komandolar" nationalists at the Fırat Üniversitesi in Elâzığ. On January 6th, the “Komando” Şadi Yılmaz was killed in a clash between Akıncılar and “Komandolar” in Elâzığ. The "Komandolar" then attacked people at random. Several people were killed in the wake of these fighting.
On January 8, 1978 riots broke out in Kâhta (Adıyaman) between Akıncılar and "revolutionaries" and on January 12 in Erzurum between nationalists and Akıncılar.
From January 16, 1978, after a discussion, riots broke out in Bingöl , in which numerous people suffered gunshot wounds, the Akıncılar building was damaged, a worker named İdris Ekinci was killed and an explosive attack was carried out on the premises of the Töb-Der teachers' association.
On March 15, 1978, a bomb attack was carried out on the Akıncılar local club in Atapark Mahalle in Ankara. The Akıncı Association in the Ankaran district of Keçiören was also the target of an explosive attack.
On April 7, 1978, a group of 200 from Akıncılar tried to storm the Ministry of Labor. They chanted slogans like "Long live the fight for the Islamic State!"
On April 12, 1978 violent clashes broke out between Akıncılar and nationalists at the theological faculty in Ankara , so that teaching had to be stopped by April 21.
On April 17, 1978, the independent mayor Hamit Fendoğlu, who was highly regarded in religious circles, was killed by a letter bomb in Malatya. The subsequent riots, in which the Akıncılar were also involved, lasted several days. Supporters of the Adalet Partisi , MSP and MHP targeted individuals or institutions of the CHP and the Alevis. Hundreds of buildings were burned or devastated and numerous people were injured. The bodies of the three students Özcan Türksever, Sait Hazar and Naci Erguvanlı, who were known as “revolutionary”, were later found outside the city. During the demonstration against this incident, the student Tahir Kökçü was again fatally wounded.
On April 19, 1978 there was an assassination attempt on the chairman of the Akıncılar association in the Şeker Murat district (Konya).
On April 25, 1978, an explosives attack was carried out on an Akıncılar association in the industrial area of Istanbul.
On May 19, 1978, Selahattin Demirci, a member of the Akıncılar Association in Istanbul-Balat, lost a leg and an arm when an explosive device exploded in his hand. According to the chairman of the Akıncılar of Istanbul, Yakup Kaldırım, the explosive device had been thrown by supporters of the "broken system".
On May 24, 1978, members of Akıncılar shot at supporters of Adalet Partisi from the roof of their dormitory, who were holding placards for a demonstration by their party. A group of 50 Akıncılar threw the windows of the local representation of the Adalet Partisi in Fatih.
On July 11, 1978, Akıncılar member İsmail Kendirci was shot from a moving car in Ankara.
On August 6, 1978, a group of 10 to 15 people from Akıncılar in Fatih, Istanbul, attacked customers of a café who were drinking Turkish tea during Ramadan . On the same day, two people named Mahmut Öztürk and Bayram Acar were taken to the Akıncılar Association at gunpoint and interrogated there.
On August 20, 1978, nationalists in Ümraniye attacked a group of Akıncılar who were distributing leaflets. This raid was followed by shootings in several districts of Istanbul.
On August 24, 1978, the Cumhuriyet newspaper reported the following: Members of the Akıncılar Association of Kocamustafapaşa (Istanbul) kidnapped passers-by and forced them to answer questions about religion in the club's premises. Four young men who could not answer in the Akıncılar's sense received the falaka .
On September 3, 1978, a quarrel among children in Sivas escalated into rioting, shootings and arson, in which at least nine people, including two women, were killed. The headquarters of Akıncılar Derneği announced that a 60-strong “red group” had started and three Akıncılar had fallen as martyrs. The martyrs are Bünyamin Yılmaz Ömer Aksak and Vedat Konak.
On September 18, 1978, five masked and armed people who had left leaflets raided a shop in giltepe. Akıncı member Necati Çakıcı was shot dead.
On September 26, 1978, a local Akıncılar club in Şentepe (Ankara) was the target of a bomb attack.
From 19th to 26th December 1978 the Kahramanmaraş pogrom took place, in which around 150 people were killed. The statement by the headquarters of Akıncılar Derneği blamed the events on local provocateurs paid for by the USA, Russia and China.
On January 17, 1979 the lifeless body of Mehmet Baldöktü was found in front of the double medrese used by the Akıncılar in Kayseri . The madrasas apparently served as an arsenal and the walls were decorated with pictures of Khomeini. From club circles it was said that Baldöktü had accidentally hit himself in the heart while training on the weapon. However, another member of the association was sentenced to pre-trial detention on suspicion of murder.
On February 22, 1979, the former Akıncılar club chairman in Fatih (Istanbul) Metin Yüksel was killed in a shootout between Akıncılar and nationalists. Two other Akıncılar were gunshot wounds.
On April 27, 1979, the two Akıncılar Yusuf Akyıldız and Burhan Aktaş were shot dead in an armed attack in Yenimahalle (Ankara).
On April 28, 1979 the Akıncı Burhan Çimen was killed and on April 30, İbrahim Çalı.
On June 21, 1979, Akıncılar Ahmed Haşim Sönmez and Orhan Ünal were ambushed by gunmen and shot in their sleep.
On January 16, 1980, armed members from the Akıncılar environment attacked classmates of the Yüksek İslam Institute in Istanbul who had opposed the boycott of classes. The attacked sustained cuts. A student was gunshot wounded.
On January 21, 1980, the member of Akıncı Güç Gürsel Kabadayı in Çeliktepe (Istanbul) was shot by left attackers.
Also on January 21, 1980, left activists in Dörtyol (Hatay) shot and killed Mukadder Ince, the son of Akıncılar Mehmet Ince, chairman of the local association. Five of his comrades were injured.
On March 12, 1980, near Akziyaret, gunmen stopped the bus of an animal feed company from Urfa and shot seven workers, five of whom were in the Akıncılar area.
On April 10, 1980, Akıncı Münir Kaya in Çeliktepe (Istanbul) was attacked by left-wing activists and shot. His brother had been killed before.
On April 13, 1980, Akıncılar Mustafa Geçol and Necip Kural were killed and İsmail Demir seriously injured in a fire attack also in Çeliktepe.
On June 15, 1980, the chairman of the Akıncılar Association in Esenler (Istanbul) Mustafa Yaşar was killed in an ambush.
On June 28, 1980, Akıncı member Yaşar Demirci was killed in Kırşehir. In the same month Sabahattin Gürbüz was killed by nationalists there. The total of chairman Akıncı Gençler Derneği Çavuş made for the incidents that by idolaters "System" remote and Zionism responsible.
On August 23, 1980 soldiers wanted to control a youth camp of the successor organization "Akıncı Gençler Derneği" and were shot at. Member Kamil Dağaslan was shot dead in the brief firefight. The search revealed five handguns, four hunting rifles, ammunition and dynamite. Banners in the camp were labeled “Sharia or Death!” And “Every Akıncı is like a ball. We will found the Islamic State! "
After the military coup in 1980, four Akıncılar hijacked a plane on October 13, 1980 on the way from Munich to Istanbul. They wanted to go to Tehran, but ended up in Diyarbakır. The military regime stormed the plane. Two people were killed, including a passenger.
State measures and start-ups
On May 6, 1979, the regional headquarters in Istanbul was searched by police forces and the State of Emergency Command banned activities in Istanbul. On August 9, the dormitory of the Vakıflar Foundation in Fatih with 400 places was cleared and closed.
On November 27, 1979, the police searched the club's headquarters. The ban on the association was issued on December 12th by the State of Emergency Administration in Ankara. A few months later, on March 7, 1980, the association was re-established under the name "Akıncı Gençler Derneği". Former chairman Tevfik Rıza Çavuş became interim chairman. The association was banned by the state of emergency administration before the military coup in Turkey in 1980 , and numerous members were arrested and brought to justice.
Todays situation
In 2011 the association was founded again. The current chairman (as of 2016) is Fahri Çınar. The association sees itself in the tradition of the original association and would like to revive the efforts of that time.
Jihad and Anti-Semitism
The association sees the world as a struggle between the true and the nothing:
- Jihad and the redeeming mission of the warriors of Islam will last until religion is only God's religion.
Today's association defines all “socialist, communist, liberal-capitalist, fascist and Zionist” states as “states of disbelief”. The common target and common enemy of these infidels are the Muslims. There is currently no Islamic state. The so-called Islamic countries had forms of government that corresponded to Western standards. The association regards fascism as a "Jewish pitfall". The Koran already curses the Jews.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: Akıncılar ve AK-Gençlik'ten AKP'ye. Akıncı Gençlik Tarihi (1969-2001). Istanbul 2015, p. 223
- ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: Akıncılar ve AK-Gençlik'ten AKP'ye. Akıncı Gençlik Tarihi (1969-2001). Istanbul 2015, p. 61
- ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: Akıncılar ve AK-Gençlik'ten AKP'ye. Akıncı Gençlik Tarihi (1969-2001). Istanbul 2015, p. 109f.
- ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: Akıncılar ve AK-Gençlik'ten AKP'ye. Akıncı Gençlik Tarihi (1969-2001). Istanbul 2015, p. 112.
- ↑ Millî Gazete of March 14, 1976
- ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: Akıncılar ve AK-Gençlik'ten AKP'ye. Akıncı Gençlik Tarihi (1969-2001). Istanbul 2015, p. 238
- ↑ Halis Özdemir: Mamak Zindanlarında bir Akıncı. Tarihe Notlar . Istanbul 2010, p. 118
- ↑ Cumhuriyet daily newspaper, August 24, 1978
- ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: Akıncılar ve AK-Gençlik'ten AKP'ye. Akıncı Gençlik Tarihi (1969-2001). Istanbul 2015, p. 383
- ↑ Kayseri'de silahlı bir Akıncı Gençlik kampı hikáyesi , Hürriyet of September 1, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ a b Hakkımızda ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 27, 2016
- ^ Martyrs page of the association ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 27, 2016