occupation of Iraq

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Pages containing the assessments made about the occupation of Iraq.

The Answer He Gave to the Question "Was the AK Parti a Project?"

In his interview of 10 December 2019 he answered this question with "There is no choice but to say yes"; he set out his reasoning through the examples of Erbakan, Morsi and İncirlik in 2003.

How Did the "An Economic Crisis Is Coming" Remark Enter the Indictment?

A crisis warning from one of his sermons was placed in the indictment of the 30 January 2018 file with the question "how did he know this"; Kuytul explains that this was not a prophecy but a sentence about consequences.

Why Was I Arrested? His Own Three Answers

In the written defence he submitted to the court he listed the three reasons he saw behind the operation of 30 January 2018: criticism of the AK Party, the plans of the deep state and, above all, his expounding of tawhid.

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

The claim that "a religious teacher should not get involved in politics"

He does not deny that he speaks on political matters. But what he speaks on is not party politics; he supports no party. The field the objection calls "politics" and the field he speaks in are not the same thing.

Partly true

The claim that he is "on the side of a party or the opposition"

He says openly that he supports no party; his measure is not a party but fiqh, and by that same measure he has said he would defend the party he criticises when it is wronged.