Hüseyin Nihâl Atsız ( ota, حسين نيهال آتسز; January 12, 1905 – December 11, 1975) was a prominent
Turkish ultranationalist
Ultranationalism or extreme nationalism is an extreme form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains detrimental hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its sp ...
writer, novelist, and poet. Nihâl Atsız self-identified as a
racist,
Pan-Turkist
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and
Turanist
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.
He was a
critic of Islam
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Criticism of Islam has existed since Islam's formative stages.
Early written disapprovals came f ...
in his later life, defining it as “a religion created by the Arabs, for Arabs”.
[Cenk Saraçoğlu]
Nihal Atsız's World-View and Its Influences on the Shared Symbols, Rituals, Myths and Practices of the Ülkücü Movement
/ref> He was the author of over 30 books and numerous articles and was in strong opposition to the government of İsmet İnönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...
, which he criticized for co-operating with the communists. He was accused of being a sympathizer of the Nazi
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government and plotting to overthrow the Turkish government.
Personal life
Nihâl Atsız was born on January 12, 1905, at Kasımpaşa, Istanbul
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. His father was navy commander Mehmet Nail Bey, from the Çiftçioğlu family of Torul
Torul is a town and district of Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey
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, Gümüşhane
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; and his mother was Fatma Zehra, daughter of navy commander Osman Fevzi Bey, from the Kadıoğlu family of Trabzon
Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...
. Nihâl Atsız had two sons from his second wife Bedriye Atsız, who he married in 1935.[Uzer, Umut (2016),p.129] Yağmur Atsız, a left-wing journalist and writer, and Dr. Buğra Atsız, academician and nationalist writer; he also had an adopted daughter: Kaniye Atsız. The marriage was divorced in 1975. Atsız had a younger brother, Nejdet Sançar, also a prominent personality of the pan-Turkist ideology. The surname he adopted following the enforcement of the Surname Law Surname law can refer to any law regulating the use of surnames.
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by Atatürk means 'nameless' or 'one who has not yet made himself a name. Because in Old Turkic Culture you should be successful to deserve a name. Atsız name was also the name of at least two Seljuk emirs, Atsiz
Ala al-Din wa-l-Dawla Abu'l-Muzaffar Atsiz ibn Muhammad ibn Anushtegin ( fa, علاء الدين والدولة أبو المظفر عتسيز بن محمد بن أنشتكين; 1098 – 1156), better known as Atsiz () was the second Khwarazmshah ...
(1098 – 1156) and Atsiz ibn Uwaq (died 1078 or 1079).
Education and professional life
He attended two French (one of them was in Egypt), one German and one Turkish secondary schools and Kadıköy High School before he began to study at the Military School of Medicine in 1922 but was expelled due to his ultra-nationalist views and activities as he declined to salute an officer of Arab origin who was of a superior rank than his in 1925. He then began to study at the Teachers College in Istanbul and the Istanbul University School of Literature and graduated from both in 1930. Following he became assistant to Professor Fuat Köprülü at the Istanbul University. He challenged the Turkish History Thesis
The Turkish History Thesis (''Türk Tarih Tezi'') is a Turkish ultranationalist, pseudohistoric thesis which posited the belief that the Turks moved from their ancestral homeland in Central Asia and migrated to China, India, the Balkans, t ...
and following this incident he was dismissed from the university in 1932. After he worked in high schools in Malatya
Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city h ...
and Edirne
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as a teacher but due to his persistent challenge of the Turkish History Thesis he often faced difficulties in his career. Following his imprisonment due to the Racism-Turanism Trials in 1944–1945 he wasn't rehired as a teacher and only in 1949 he was employed at the Süleymaniye Library. He returned to teaching for several years, ultimately to return the Library in 1952. He was active there until 1969. After his retirement in 1969 he kept publishing ''Ötüken
Ötüken ( otk, 𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐱁, Ötüken yïš, "Ötüken forest", 𐰵𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰼, ''Ötüken jer'', "Land of Ötüken", Old Uyghur: 𐰵𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁 ''Ötüken yïš''; ) was the capital of the First Turkic K ...
''.
Politics
Nihâl Atsız was an important ideologue
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who lived during the early years of the Republic of Turkey. His circle attacked Atatürk's leadership, condemned Turkey's foreign policy, and particularly the appeasement policy vis-a-vis the Soviet Union. Most importantly, his supporters ridiculed Kemalist attempts at connecting Turks with early Anatolian and Mesopotamian civilizations in the Atatürk era. His views on Atatürk became more positive after the military coup
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against the Democrat Party in 1960 and he stressed Atatürk's nationalism in his writings. By the Justice Party, he was offered to be candidate for parliamentary election
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in 1961 for Kütahya, but he did not accept.
He was foremost known for his nationalist views, his active campaign against Turkish communists
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, and his embracing of Tengriistic ancient Turkic traditions. Atsız viewed racism and pan-Turkism as the two main components of Turkish nationalism and disputed the ideologues of the likes of Ziya Gökalp
Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ("ce ...
or Hamdullah Suphi Tanriöver who didn't share his views regarding racism, however, according to him, racism "is not about measuring head, analysing blood or counting seven ancestors as a couple of phony zanies claimed" and during the Racism-Turanism trials, he stated he counts partly non-Turks who served Turkishness a lot (e.g. Bayezid I
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) and don't have any feeling of another race Turks as well. He was among the authors that influenced a type of Turkish nationalism known as Ülkücü movement (translated as "''idealist''"), a nationalist movement later associated to Alparslan Türkeş (and which eventually led to a break with Atsız's previous ideology of Pan-Turkism, on the grounds that it reconciles with Islam instead of denouncing it as "Arab religion", which Atsız previously stated).[Cenk Saraçoğlu]
Nihal Atsız's World-View and Its Influences on the Shared Symbols, Rituals, Myths and Practices of the Ülkücü Movement
/ref> He wrote that the Kipchaks in Lithuania and Kirghiz are from the same blood and therefore Turks, but "alien people" living in Turkey like Jews or Negroes are not Turks even if they speak Turkish.
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(1923–50) had since 1923 have interpreted Turkish identity under the guiding light of constitutional principles which equated ‘ Turkishness’ with being a Turkish ''citizen''. Identifying all Turkish citizens as Turks proper, the three constitutions of the Republican Era were completely and positively blind to ethnic, and religious differences between Turkish citizens and disassociated ‘Turkishness’ from its popular meaning: that is, the name of an ethnic group. Supporters of this view argue that Republican statesmen rejected the German model of ethnic nationalism
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and emulated the French model of civic nationalism by reducing ‘Turkishness’ to a legal category only. In other words, citizens of Turkey who happened to be of Kurdish, Greek, Armenian, Jewish or Assyrian descent had only to accept a plebiscite, according to this view, to take advantage of the opportunity of Turkification
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, as far as their citizenship status was concerned, and gaining full equality with ethnic Turks, provided that they remained faithful to their side of the bargain.[''The Racist Critics of Atatürk and Kemalism, from the 1930s to the 1960s'', Ilker Aytürk (]Bilkent University
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, Ankara), Journal of Contemporary History, SAGE Pub., 201
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In 1934, he had written that "the Jew" was among "the internal enemies of Turkey" but in 1947, he praised the Jewish people for setting an example of strong nationalism (Zionism
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): indeed, the Jews managed "to get back the land they had lost 2,000 years ago and to revive Hebrew which has remained only in the books and turn into a spoken language."
He thought Turks and non-Turks should not intermarry and love has not the same value as nationalist feelings. He further believed nationalism was superior than religion and Islam was a manifestation of the struggle of the Arabs to form a nation.
He granted Islam as a "national religion", but he criticized Islam in his later life. He also opposed Pan-Islamism and stressed that Turks were already a great nation before they accepted Islam.
Legal prosecution
Atsız was prosecuted twice in 1944. Once he was prosecuted on the initiative of Sabahattin Ali
Sabahattin Ali (25 February 1907 – 2 April 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.
Early life
He was born in 1907 in Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the Sanjak of Gümülcine (n ...
for accusing him (and 3 other communists) of being a traitor and warning Prime Minister Şükrü Saracoğlu
Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu (; 17 June 1887, Ödemiş – 27 December 1953, Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, the fifth Prime Minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II. He signe ...
about them, who established important positions in high schools and universities, which Atsız believed was with the help of the Minister of National Education. Atsız knew Ali from before as they shared a room with him in the 1920s, when Sabahattin Ali was a nationalist. He was given a sentence of 6 months in the trial against Sabahattin Ali, which was later reduced to a suspended sentence of 4 months. During the Atsız-Ali trial, rallies by adherents to the political right-wing spectrum in support of Atsız were held on both court hearings on the 26 April and 3 May 1944. Many of the attendants of these rallies were arrested and later prosecuted during the so-called Racism Turanism trial. During this trial Atsız and 22 others, amongst them also Reha Oğuz Türkkan, Alparslan Türkeş, were prosecuted for inciting racism and Turanism. He first got sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison, after the sentence was lowered to 1 year and 6 months and at the end he (along with the other nationalists) received an amnesty. In 1973, despite his health problems, he received a prison sentence of 15 months because of his writings against Kurdish separatists, after 6 years of trials. He wrote Kurds should leave Turkey (if they insist on keeping the pro-Kurdish propaganda) and learn from the Armenians what happens to the people who challenge the Turkish nation. Many people; including mayors, journalists, writers, university lecturers and students; requested president Fahri Korutürk
Fahri Sabit Korutürk (3 August 1903 – 12 October 1987) was a Turkish admiral, diplomat and politician who was the 6th president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980. Before his presidency, he served as the 3rd commander of the Turkish Naval Forces fr ...
to release Atsız from prison. After months, he was pardoned.
Controversies
In the ''Orhun'', Atsız wrote in support for the establishment of a Greater Turkish Empire spanning from the Mediterranean Sea
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to the Pacific Ocean
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. Corry Guttstadt mentioned: "His Turkism was based on ties of blood and race; he advocated a return to pre-Islamic Turkish beliefs."
According to Jacob M. Landau, he was a sympathizer of the Nazi
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government. Landau in his book ''Exploring Ottoman and Turkish History'' states: "Atsiz was a great admirer of the race theories of Nazi Germany, expressing some of them repeatedly in his own works during the 1930s and 1940s (with the Turks labelled as the 'master race'). His articles insisted, again and again, that Pan-Turkism could – and should – be achieved by war." Aside from favoring Nazi Germany for their war with Soviet Union, he denied these claims as he started to publish his ideas even before Hitler was well-known in Turkey.
His legacy
During his lifetime, many scholars and authors who were influenced by Atsız decided to give a "present" to him by writing an honorary book. However, he died before receiving the present, which was published in 1976.
Nineteen young academicians and authors, assembled under a nationalist association "''Siyah Beyaz Kültür ve Sanat Platformu''", published a book on him, "''Vaktiyle Bir Atsız Varmış''", consisted of articles and comparative studies on his works, life and views. In the Maltepe district in Istanbul
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, a park is named after him.
Political groups
In Turkey in 2012 a nationalist group calling itself the Atsız Youth emerged, participating in anti-Armenian demonstrations in Istanbul, carrying banners stating "You are all Armenians, You are all bastards", in response to the slogan "We are all Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink ( hy, Հրանդ Տինք; Western ; 15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of ''Agos'', journalist and columnist.
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, We are all Armenians". In February 2015, in response to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide
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, Anti-Armenian banners of the Atsız Youth appeared in cities around Turkey, including banners in İstanbul condemning the Khojaly Genocide, and a banner in Muğla proclaiming "We celebrate the 100th anniversary of our country being cleared of Armenians".
Turkism Day
On the 3 May 1945, Atsız, Alparslan Türkeş, Reha Oğuz Türkkan, Nejdet Sançar and others, all imprisoned in the Tophane military prison, held a meeting in memory of the rallies held on the 3 May 1944 in support of Atsız during the trial between Atsız and Sabahattin Ali. This meeting was the beginning of the annual celebrations of the Turkism Day.
Literary work
His essays about history are gathered and published as a book under the name of ''Türk Tarihinde Meseleler'' (Issues in Turkic History). He also served as a literature teacher for a number of years. During his lifetime he wrote thirty-eight poems, six novels.
Magazines
Atsız published several academic essays about Ottoman literature and history. He began to publish magazines in 1931, which he kept doing until 1975. ''Atsız Mecmua'' was the first Pan-Turk magazine, which was published from 15 May 1931 to 25 September 1932. He also published ''Orhun'' from 1933 to 1934 and again from 1943 to 1944. '' Orkun'', as a successor of '' Orhun'', was first published in 1950 and later in 1962-63. His last magazine ''Ötüken'' was published from 1964 to 1975.
Poetry and novels
During his lifetime he wrote thirty-eight poems and six novels. A famous politicised novel of his was ''Dalkavuklar Gecesi'' (Night of the Sycophants), a historical allegory and critique of Kemalism. Published in 1941, it tells the story of political corruption during the Hittite era but actually referring (in a roman a clef fashion) to the injustices and arbitrariness of Atatürk's rule during the 1930s, especially the Turkish History Thesis
The Turkish History Thesis (''Türk Tarih Tezi'') is a Turkish ultranationalist, pseudohistoric thesis which posited the belief that the Turks moved from their ancestral homeland in Central Asia and migrated to China, India, the Balkans, t ...
, and the sycophants around him.
His historical epic novel ''Bozkurtların Ölümü'' (Death of the Grey Wolves) is one of the most popular historical novels in Turkish literature
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. The book concerns the last days of the first Gök Türk Empire and the impossible rebellion of Prince Kür-Şad and his forty warriors against the Chinese invaders, referring to the attempt to kidnap the Chinese emperor by Ashina Jiesheshuai
Ashina Jiesheshuai (; ''New Book of Tang'' Vol. 2'' Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 195. ''Old Book of Tang'' Vol. 194-1 ''New Book of Tang'' Vol. 215-1 Middle Chinese ( Guangyun) pronunciation: ; died 19 May 639) was a member of the Ashina clan of the ...
in 639. His original Turkic name is unknown, Kürşad is a made-up name by Atsız. Its sequel ''Bozkurtlar Diriliyor'' (Revival of the Grey Wolves) tells the story of Urungu (the unknown son of Kür-Şad) and the beginning of the second Gök Türk Empire. Both novels were very popular in the Turkish society, İsmet Hürmüzlü wrote a theater play on the subject and passages of the books were an optional part in literary classes.
His third novel, ''Deli Kurt'' (Mad Wolf), is about the mystic romance between a Sipahi
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warrior (who was actually an unknown member of the Ottoman dynasty) and a mysterious shamanist nomad woman in the early Ottoman Empire.
Atsız wrote a satirical political comedy about the İnönü government, ''Z Vitamini'' (Vitamin Z), which was about a fictional special vitamin which gives immortality
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Some scientists, futurists, and philosophers have theorized about the immortality of the human body, with some suggesting that human immorta ...
to the dictator and his government. It was published in 1959 containing eleven pages.
His last novel, ''Ruh Adam'' (Soul Man), is quite a complex psychological novel
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. The book has a spiritual and mystical atmosphere, full with surrealistic, allegorical
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figures such as Yek (who symbolizes Satan) and Captain Şeref (who symbolizes Honour). It has a complex story, which is generally about the forbidden platonic love affair between an alcoholic ex-army officer and a diabolical, mysterious young high school student. The plot develops on the reincarnation of two lovers, which was a warrior banned from the army because of his love to the girl was greater than his love to his country in ancient nomad times. It was inspired by Atsız's own life.
His poems are in the style of Pre- Islamic literature and his common themes are idealism, honour, forbidden love, war and history. His complete poetic works (except for a few) have been published under the name of ''Yolların Sonu'' ("End of Roads").
Works
Novels
* ''Dalkavuklar Gecesi'' (Night of the Sycophants), İstanbul 1941.
* ''Bozkurtların Ölümü'' (Death of the Grey Wolves), İstanbul 1946.
* ''Bozkurtlar Diriliyor'' (Revival of the Grey Wolves), İstanbul 1949.
* ''Deli Kurt'' (Mad Wolf), İstanbul 1958.
* ''Z Vitamini'' (Vitamin Z), İstanbul 1959.
* ''Ruh Adam'' (Soul Man), İstanbul 1972.
Stories
* 'Dönüş' (The Return), In ''Atsız Mecmua'', sayı.2 (1931), ''Orhun'', Sayı.10 (1943)
* 'Şehidlerin Duası' (Prayer of Martyrs), In ''Atsız Mecmua'', Sayı.3 (1931), ''Orhun'', Sayı.12 (1943)
* 'Erkek, Kız' (Boy, Girl), In ''Atsız Mecmua'', Sayı.4 (1931)
* 'İki Onbaşı, Galiçiya...1917...' (Two Corporals, Galicia...1917...), In ''Atsız Mecmua'', Sayı.6 (1931), ''Çınaraltı'', Sayı.67 (1942), ''Ötüken'', Sayı.30 (1966)
* 'Her Çağın Masalı: Boz Doğan ve Sarı Yılan' (Tale of All Ages: Grey Hawk and Yellow Snake), In ''Ötüken'', Sayı.28 (1966)
Poems
* 'Yolların Sonu' (End of Roads), İstanbul 1946.
Notes
References
External links
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