Turkists of Izmit
Turkists of Izmit | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Recep Mert |
| Founder | Recep Mert |
| Headquarters | İzmit, Kocaeli Province, Turkey |
| Ideology | Turkish nationalism Pan-Turkism Turanism Ultranationalism Secularism Anti-communism Anti-immigration Anti-Islamism |
| Political position | Far-right |
The Turkists of Izmit (Turkish: İzmitli Türkçüler) is a Turkish ultranationalist group based in the city of İzmit.
History
[edit]The group was founded by Recep Mert in 2023 June. They purposed to unite all Turkists live in specific Kocaeli districts as İzmit, Körfez, Derince, Kandıra, Kartepe, Başiskele, Gölcük, Karamürsel. [1]
They and the Turkists of Gebze collaborated during a protest against Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey, where they spoke against the government’s role in the Syrian civil war, as well as Pan-Islamism, and called for the Turkish government to focus on Turkic affairs such as East Turkestan and Turkmeneli and quit their "Muhajirun" role in Arabic-Islamic affairs.[2]
The Turkists of Izmit stage protests anytime Turkish soldiers are killed.[3] They also had visited Sabri Yalım Park in Izmit to stage a protest there.[4] After the PKK killed 6 Turkish soldiers in Qandil Mountains, the group protested and said "the grandchildren of Sheikh Said will suffer the same fate as their grandfather. We want revenge, no peace, no solution."[5][6]
Over 100 members of the group marched in Sabri Yalım Park in Izmit after 12 Turkish soldiers were killed. Later, members of the Victory Party, İYİ Party, and university and high school students who were fans of Kocaelispor had joined the march.[7][8] The group had also invited Tahir Büyükakın, an AKP politician and mayor of Kocaeli, to join the march, although he ignored their invitation and did not come.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ "Türkçüler'den İzmit'te Suriyeliler açıklaması "Uyuyan devi uyandırdınız!"". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
- ^ "İzmitli Türkçüler şehit teğmen için toplandı". www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr.
- ^ "İzmitli Türkçüler'den alkışlatan hareket! Şehit Eril Alperen Emir için toplandılar". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
- ^ Akçaharman, Nuri Dinçer (December 23, 2023). "İzmitli Türkçüler terörü lanetledi "Barış değil intikam istiyoruz"".
- ^ ""Çözüm değil, intikam istiyoruz!"". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
- ^ Akçaharman, Nuri Dinçer (December 25, 2023). "Kocaeli haber - İzmitli Türkçüler 12 şehit için yürüdü".
- ^ "İzmitli Türkçüler Şehitlerimiz için yürüdü". www.seskocaeli.com.
- ^ "Türkçüler 12 şehit için İzmit'i inlettiler!". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.