The Atsız Youth () are a
Turkish far-right organization based on the ideology of
Nihal Atsız that was founded on May 3, 2005, in
Bursa,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
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History
It was announced that it is forbidden to bring the
Flag of Azerbaijan in the Turkey-Armenia football match played in Bursa on October 14, 2009. Four members of the Atsiz Youth were detained by the police for planning to bring model planes with Azerbaijani flags into the stadium in the middle of the match.
The Atsiz Youth, who participated in
2012 Taksim Square rally, on the anniversary of the
Khojaly massacre, chanted and held banners that said "You are all
Armenians
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, you are all bastards", and "bastards of
Hrant don't scare us", as well as "Taksim Square today, Yerevan tomorrow, we will attack you suddenly at night". The rally was talked about on the media for days. It was stated that the group planned an attack against the
BDP,
Agos Newspaper and the French Consulate during the rally and also planned to attack the
MHP politician
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu later.
After the
Syrian Armed Forces killed 36 Turkish soldiers in
Idlib on February 27, 2020, the Atsiz Youth organized an "Army-Nation March" in various provinces.
Bursa is described as the stronghold of the Atsiz Youth. In Mevlutcan Kaplan's nationalist
hit song "Teşkilat Türküsü" released in 2020, the Atsiz Youth are mentioned. The second verse says "''Turan'dır yurdumuz, Genç Atsızlar ordumuz, Ulusun kurdumuz, Dağlardan dağlara''", translating to "''
Turan'' ''is our home, the Atsiz Youth is our army, may our
wolf
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keep howling, from mountains to mountains''."
See also
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Grey Wolves
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Freedom and Future Association
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Otuken Union Party
References
{{Turkish nationalism
Pan-Turkist organizations
Neo-fascist organizations in Turkey
2005 establishments in Turkey
Anti-Armenian sentiment in Turkey
Anti-Greek sentiment
Anti-Kurdish sentiment
Anti-Iranian sentiments
Deniers of the Armenian genocide
Antisemitism in Turkey
Nationalist movements in Asia
Nationalist movements in Europe
Organizations established in 2005
Anti-Arabism in Turkey
Far-right politics in Turkey
Persecution of Kurds in Turkey