Are “Turkic Unity” and “Islamic Unity” Just a Dream?

We rejoice because Trump lost in the US. Before that, we rejoiced because Biden left, and once upon a time we rejoiced because Obama arrived. What happened? Someone bad goes, another comes along, perhaps someone even worse. The truth is this: darkness is the absence of light. Tearing down the system is not difficult, but what will you put in its place? Building is far harder than destroying.

We let go of Allah’s (glorious is His majesty) rope, and He let go of ours, and those tyrants, robbers and profiteers became a scourge upon us. In other words, we found our match. Until we change ourselves, we will never get our lives in order. We are the ones who really need to change—we ourselves.

With the Islamic world and the Turkic world as they are, we will do no better than this. The others’ power and wealth are as great as our ignorance and cowardice.

Really, what kind of Turkish identity is this, what kind of Islam? Who is a Turk? At Westphalia, national identity was defined through religion/sect, language, territory and blood. The Germans said “paternal blood,” the Jews “maternal blood.” The intellectual fathers of Turkish nationalism include people such as Mozi Kohen and Lazaro Franco. According to Kemalists, “everyone who feels Turkish is Turkish.” In that case, this becomes something like gender identity. 

In fact, this confusion begins with the Treaty of Westphalia, which redefined the “nation-state” and “international relations.” With Kemalism, it becomes even more intractable. Some even define Kemalism as “the religion of the Turk.”  On the other hand, Mehmet Akif says, “The Prophet curses the idea of ethnic nationalism.” And isn’t the poet who wrote our national anthem an Albanian, anyway?

We are a society that cannot even agree on the definitions of Turkish identity and Islam?! Azerbaijan is not even as close to Türkiye as it is to Israel. The countries you call the Turkic world recognize the Greek Cypriot administration as the island’s legitimate government, yet they do not even recognize the TRNC.

Türkiye is preparing for the election of the UN secretary-general; Azerbaijan, however, has announced its support not for Türkiye’s potential candidate, but for the UAE’s candidate. Türkiye is considering nominating former Foreign Minister and current OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu for UN secretary-general. In a statement on 27 October 2026, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ayhan Hacızade said they welcomed the candidacy of UAE Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general. Guterres’s term ends on 31 December 2026, and the new secretary-general will take office on 1 January 2027. If this is about Turkish identity—two states, one nation—Azerbaijan is close to Israel and supports another Arab country that is close to Israel. Ask them, and both are Muslim. As you can see, neither Turkish identity nor Islam counts for anything when politics enters the picture. Haven’t we seen this in corruption investigations involving the left as well? The religious communities (!?) are no exception in this respect. Someone has been tilling our fields!

Islamic countries are only as Muslim as they are faithful to the cause of Gaza and Jerusalem.

For goodness’ sake, how did we come to declare the Mongols, who burned and destroyed Islamic civilization, to be Turks, and then link them to the Children of Israel through Tataria? The Rothshilds, Tararia, Hazara—and then we added the Karays to them. Aliyev is trying to sever the Turks’ ties with Islam, while at the same time others are trying to forge ties with Christianity and Judaism through the Saka-Scythians. Wasn’t this why NATO organized BÇG? Wasn’t FETÖ part of the same project in the opposing camp? Wasn’t this the same mindset that served up the “Ottoman Commonwealth” as an appetizer for BOP? While Zionism fragments the Islamic world through the Chabat project, it seeks to unite Russian, Turkish, Persian, Arab, Kurdish and African Jews. As for those related to Jews on their father’s side, they are trying to link them to Israel as “related communities.”

The Orthodox are Christian, but the Armenian, Greek and Syriac churches are divided along ethnic lines. In England and the US, those born in the country become its citizens. While the Germans and Israel say “blood” is the basic requirement for national identity, the Orthodox say “church.” Some say “language,” others “culture.” Some say “class”?

Meanwhile, they divided Muslims into Sunni, Sufi, Shia and Salafi. That was not enough, so they also started a Maturidi-Ash’ari debate. That “divider” was Satan and his friends. Good, evil and Satan are all within Allah’s (glorious is His majesty) will. Let us not forget that Satan’s existence is no excuse for our sins. Those with sickness in their hearts turn away from Allah (glorious is His majesty) and take devils among humans and jinn as their friends. Satan, in turn, binds them to himself.

Really, who brought Adnan Oktar—a Freemason descended from the Children of Israel, with an Epstein-like personality—into Türkiye’s most anti-Zionist political movement, why, and how? Have the Milli Görüş supporters ever examined this? Or when will they?! This experience will, in fact, play an important role in shaping their future. We all need to do some serious soul-searching on this matter.

You can see the state of the organizations we call religious communities. And the state of Diyanet, too. If the cause is simply a matter of building a mosque and a Qur’an school in every neighborhood, and if calls to prayer ringing out at full volume are enough, that is very easy for some people.

Tell me, in which mosque do Muslims gather to share their collective religious obligations? They cannot even keep their zakat in a common, supervised fund. Every religious community has its own radio station, TV channel, Qur’an translation and commentary it follows, humanitarian aid organization, travel company offering hajj and umrah tours, school, hotel and hospital. Even their mosques are different. The Imam-Hatip generation, or the generation educated in theology, no longer follows “Büyük Doğu” or Milli Görüş, nor is it Asım’s generation. There has been a profound erosion here. Most of the young people whose grandfathers resisted injustice in difficult times are now following other paths, singing other songs. The dreams of their grandfathers, grandmothers, fathers and mothers have been stolen. Even the prayers repeated like a spiritual testament no longer constitute a spiritual inheritance for them. Neither the futuwwa manuals, nor the testaments, nor the books of counsel have any value to them. Indeed, most of them no longer even know what these mean today. They have singers, footballers and politicians whom they idolize. 

Those who dream of a “Century of Türkiye” cannot build a sound structure on rotten foundations. Look at the state of immorality, prostitution, drugs and crime in society. For goodness’ sake, what are you talking about when we struggle even to keep a newly formed family together? The ranks are neither tight nor straight, whether in skyscrapers or mosques. Partisanship, favoritism toward people from one’s hometown, plunder and profiteering are running rampant. Where can you go with crowds whose anger outweighs their love and compassion?

Until we change ourselves, the judgment upon us will be wrath, not mercy.

At this rate, you will establish neither Islamic unity nor Turkic unity. You cannot even define Islam or Turkish identity. Political, ideological and sectarian fanaticism has made society merciless toward those outside their own groups, toward their own brothers and sisters. No one listens to anyone else. Everyone wants unity around their own leader, organization, religion, ideology and political preference.

Look, the distance between me and you is the same as the distance between you and me. However strange my ideas seem to you, yours seem just as strange to me. Nor can you simply meet halfway; it does not work like that. The point is not for the secularist to start praying and for me to drink rakı. First we will agree on fundamental rights, and then we will agree on a foundation of rights and justice that allows us to live together in peace despite our differences.

Without any of this, go ahead and dream of Islam and Turkish identity, chant your slogans and sing your songs: what you imagine will not come true. We need to be wiser, more honest, braver, more compassionate, more humble and patient. Otherwise, you are deluding yourselves about a better tomorrow. You could press on for 6 months and all through autumn, yet not make the slightest progress. You may even go backward. Look at the last 25 years. Those who carry on with this mindset do not even realize that they are running toward the very thing they think they are escaping. It is as though their anger, fear and ambition have blinded them.

You cannot reach your goal until your mercy outweighs your wrath and your love outweighs your hatred, until you apologize, return your ill-gotten gains to their rightful owners and repent. Allah (glorious is His majesty) will not permit it. Then “await the punishment that is near”! Hasn’t Satan deceived and led astray many nations among the humans and jinn who disregard the warnings in the Holy Qur’an? Sadly, we still cannot grasp these matters! The Book describes those who attain salvation as the exception; the rest will end up in hell. How can they still succumb to their arrogance and refuse to repent? Long live hell for the tyrants. With greetings and prayers

Abdurrahman Dilipak

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