KHK

7 entries

Pages on the measures taken through the KHKs and on what is said about the KHK victims.

Closed Associations, a Trustee, and Reopened Student Houses

The picture as of 11 December 2019 in his own words: the associations were closed by KHK, a trustee was appointed to the foundation, and the sealed student houses were reopened after the Ministry of National Education's report.

Why Did the Religious Communities Stay Silent?

He explains why no other religious communities or orders spoke out during his 22-month detention by pointing to partisanship; as his criterion he cites Hazrat Ali's advice to at least make oppression known.

Why Did I Defend the KHK Victims?

While saying that anyone involved in the coup was guilty, he objected to those who were not involved being put in the same basket. His basis was two official figures: roughly 150,000 dismissals and the 11,480 people the prosecutor's office declared innocent.

"I Am Against Oppression, No Matter Who It Is Done To"

He explains, with examples, the criterion of not looking at the identity of the one who has been wronged; and he shows its limit as well: he says that if an injustice were done to the government that put him in prison, he would defend it too.

The "He Called the People Who Took to the Streets on 15 July Murderers" Claim

In the full recording the word "murderer" was said not about those who took to the streets, but about those who beheaded the privates brought to the bridge after being told "there is a drill".

Out of context

The claim that "he criticises the government only because of his own grievance"

The conference cancellations began in 2014; yet he had objected to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and to Syria policy in 2011 — that is, eleven years before the event the claim counts as the cause.

Unfounded

March 2019: The letter Alparslan Kuytul wrote to the public from prison

In the letter he wrote from Bolu F-Type Prison in March 2019: his answer to the terrorism charge and the words "Until I die I will go on saying Tawhid, Justice, Freedom, Civilisation".