Kadir Mısıroğlu (24 January 1933 – 5 May 2019) was a Turkish Islamist writer, publisher, and conspiracy theorist.Türkiye'de Komplo Zihniyeti: Söylemler, Aktörler ve Eğilimler Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Nuh Akçakaya. Selçuk Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü He was known for his staunch opposition to the early Kemalist regime of

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and advocating the restoration of the

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. Mısıroğlu's claims include that

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ordered his army to read the

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on the sands against the Nazis,

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being a secret Muslim, and that Karl Marx's ''

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'' was dictated by

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. He penned over 50 books, which include non-fiction, fiction, and poems. His works have been criticised for their approach, awareness and bias.

Biography

Mısıroğlu was born in Akçaabat in Trabzon Province. During his time at Istanbul University in the 1950s,Who is Kadir Mısıroğlu? (in Turkish)
ensonhaber.com he became the president of the Trabzon Highschool Graduates Association in his sophomore year, and opened seven student dormitories. He married Aynur Aydınaslan in 1961 and had three children: Abdullah Sünusi (1963), Fatıma Mehlika (1965), and Mehmed Selman (1973). In 1964, he founded the publishing house ''Sebil'' and then the magazine named ''Sebil'' in 1976. He wrote over 50 books. Also in 1964, he reached fame through his book ''Lausanne, Victory or Defeat?'' (''Lozan Zafer mi, Hezimet mi?''). In 1977, he was a losing candidate of the

National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party (, MSP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey, founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP). The party was formed by a core group of working cadres ...

for the

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. Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he fled and applied for asylum in Germany and settled in

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. Following multiple stays for a year and a half at Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital for diabetes, he died on 5 May 2019 due to multiple-organ failure. His funeral was held at Çamlıca Mosque where multitudes of Islamists were in attendance. He was interred in the cemetery of the Nasuhi dergah and mosque at Üsküdar, Istanbul.

Beliefs

Mısıroğlu has been described as a conspiracy theorist. He was known for his outspoken stance against Atatürk's reforms and Kemalism, and identified as an apologist of

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and Pan-Islamism. He argued that the

could be even restored under a U.S.-backed caliph, and said that an American delegation met with him on this topic during the presidency of

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. He supported

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and his movement, believing that if they organized in Europe for an Islamist agenda, they would focus on the youth. He established a cordial relationship with Gülen. However, then he accused the movement of being business oriented rather than religiously oriented, and Gülen of making false claims, such as the Islamic prophet

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regularly visiting his schools. Mısıroğlu gained infamy with his quote "I wish the Greeks had won, so neither the

nor the

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would be abolished!" on the Greco-Turkish conflict of the

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. For him, living under Islamic rule in an enemy-occupied country was preferable to living under secular rule in a free country. He also had claimed that

ordered his army to read the

on the sands against the

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was a secret Muslim whose name was Sheikh Pir, and Karl Marx's ''

'' was dictated by

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s. His works came under criticism by historian İlber Ortaylı for lacking scientific approach, knowledge and distorting the facts. In one his Saturday Conferences, dated 7 May 2016, he said: "I am a monarchist. I am not a republican. I said this in 1991, too.

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prescribes neither a republic, nor a sultanate. Islam prescribes a spirit. The form of government depends on the circumstances. If you are a small state, you become a republic. If you are a global state, you cannot have a republic."Conference on 7 May 2016; Chapter "Ahmet Davutoğlu Was Dismissed Due to His Opposition to Presidential System
"''Ben saltanatçıyım. Ben cumhuriyetçi değilim. Bunu 1991'de de söyledim. İslam ne cumhuriyet emreder ne saltanat emreder. İslam ruh emreder. İdarenin şekli, şartlara bağlıdır. Küçük bir devletsen cumhuriyet olursun. Alemşümul bir devlet isen, cumhuriyet olmaz."

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