1. Introduction

Kadir Mısıroğlu (24 January 1933 – 5 May 2019) was a Turkish Islamist writwyer, publisher, and conspiracy theoristwriter, and historian.^{[1][2][3] [4][5]} He wais known for his staunch opposition to the earlyoutspoken stance against Atatürk's reforms and Kemalistm.^[6][7]

2. Early Life and Career

Mısıroğlu regimewas of Turkey and advocating the restoration of the caliphate. Mısıroğlu's claims include that Joseph Stalin ordered his army to read the Quran onborn in Akçaabat in the Trabzon Province and enrolled in the Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1954.^[8] thHe sands against the Nazis, William Shakespeare being a secret Muslim, and that Karl Marx's Das Kapital was dictated by Jinn. He propagated neo-Ottomanist historical revisionism in line with his Islamist and monarchist ideology; however, this subjective approach contained serious flaws, such as methodological problems and the distortion of textwas active during his university years where he became the president of the Trabzon Highschool Graduates Association in his sophomore year, and opened seven student dormitories.^[38][1] Hi

Mıs wırorks have been criticised for their approach, awareness and bias.^[3][4][5]

2. Biography

Mısıroğlu was born in Akçaabat in Trabzon Province. During his time at Istanbul University in the 1950s, he became the president of the Trabzon High School 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).^[6]

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?).^[7]

Iğlu married Aynur Aydınaslan in 1977,61 he was a losing candidate of the National Salvation Party for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he fled and applied for asylum in Wand had three children: Abdullah Sünusi (1963), Fatıma Mehlika (1965), and Mehmed Selman (1973).^[8]

Hest Germany and settled in Frankfurt, then applied for asylum in thfounded the publishing house UnitedSebil Kingdom and settled in London.^[8]

Following 1964 and the eponymous multiple stays for a year and agazine in 1976.^[9] half at AcıbadHem Altunizade Hospital for diabetes, he died on 5 May 2019 due to multiple-organ failure has published more than 60 books in his career.^[10] His funeral1974 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, Istanbulbook decrying the historical legacy of the 1923 Lausanne Treaty brought him widespread recognition among conservatives.^[911][10]

2. 1. Beliefs

Although Mısıroğlu hwas been described as a conspiracy theorist.^[1][2][11] He waa prolific writer, his works came under criticism known for his outspoken stance against Atatürk's reforms and Kemalism,^[3][1] and by historian İlber Ortaylı for lacking scidentified as an apologist of Islamism and Pan-Islamismc approach, knowledge and distorting the facts.^[12]

He was awargued that the caliphate could bded the silver medal by the Free Hungarian Writers Union for his book The Hungarian Revolution. He evenwas restored under a U.S.-backed caliph, and said that an American delegawarded the Jury Special Award of the National Culture Foundation met with him on this topicof Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Milli Kültür Vakfı) during the presidency of Bill ClintonTurgut Özal, the eighth president of the Republic of Turkey.^[13]

He

3. Politics and Asylum Abroad

In 1977, Mısupported Fethullah Gülen and his movement, believing that if they organized in Europe for an Islamist agenda, they would focus on the youthıroğlu became a Trabzon candidate of the National Salvation Party for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey but failed to be elected.^[14] He bestablished a cordial relationship with Gülen.^[15]came a member of the Central HCowever, then he accused the movement of being business oriented rather than religiously oriented, and Gülen ofmmittee of the party in 1978 but after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he sought asylum in Germany and settled in Frankfurt.^[14] makIniting false claims, such as the Islamic prophet Muhammad regularly visiting his schools.^[16]

Mısıroğlually only he was given permission to stay in Germany so he moved to the gaUnined infamyted Kingdom with his quote "I wish the Greeks had won, family. Following some time he returned to Germany.^[8]

4. Return to Turkey

Mısıro neither the caliphate nor the sharia would bğlu returned to Turkey in 1991. He founded the aboOsmanlılar İlim ve İrfan Vakfı (Englished!": Ottomans Education and Insight Foundation), oan the Greco-Turkish conflict of the Turkish War of IndependenceOttoman monarchist NGO in 1994 and led it until at least 2014.^[1715]

5. Death and Legacy

For him, lliving under Islamic rule in an enemy-occupied country was preferable to living under secular rule in a free countryowing multiple stays for a year and a half at Acıbadem Hospital in Altunizade for diabetes, he died on 5 May 2019 due to multiple-organ failure.^{[16][17][18][19][20]} His fune also had claimed that Joseph Stalin ordered his army to read the Quran on the ral was held at Çamlıca Mosque where a huge crowd of tens of thousands against the Nazis,was in attendance.^{[21][22][1923]} WilliaAm Shakespeare was a secret Muslim whose name was Sheikh Pir,^[20]ongst the attendees were government ministers, which caused and Karl Marx's Das Kapital was dictated byuproar among some secularists in the country.^[24] Condemons.^[21] Hiolence mess workages came under criticism by historian İlber Ortaylı for lacking scientific approach, knowledge and distorting the facts.^[22]

In in from high-profile government officials including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Presidential Spokespersone his Saturday Conferences, dated 7 May 2016, he said: "I am a monarchist. I am not a republican. I said this in 1991, too. Islam prescribesİbrahim Kalın, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Şentop, and others.^[25] nHeither a republic, nor a sultanate. Islam prescribes a spirit. The form of government depends on the circumstances. If you are a small stat was buried in the cemetery of the Nasuhi Dergahı at Üsküdar, Istanbul.^[26]

6. Works

He, you become a republic. If you are a global state, you cannot have a republic"penned over 50 books, which include research, nonfiction and poems."^[2327]

6.1. Research

• Lozan Zafer mi, Hezimet mi? V. I-II-III (1965, 1974, 1977): Lausanne, Victory or Defeat?
• Macar İhtilâli (1966): The Hungarian Revolution
• Yunan Mezâlimi - Türk'ün Siyah Kitabı (1967): Greek Atrocities, the Turk's Black Book
• Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Sarıklı Mücâhidler (1967): Turbaned Fighters in the War of Independence
• Amerika'da Zenci Müslümanlık Hareketi (1967): The Black Muslim Movement in America
• Moskof Mezâlimi V. I-II (1970): Russian Atrocities
• Musul Mes'elesi ve Irak Türkleri (1972): The Mosul Question and Turks of Iraq
• Osmanoğulları'nın Dramı (1974): The Plight of the Ottoman Dynasty
• Trabzon Meb'usu Şehid-i Muazzez Ali Şükrü Bey (1978): Trabzon Deputy Great Martyr Ali Şükrü Bey
• Bir Mazlum Padişah, Sultan Vahideddin (2005): A Wronged Padeshah, Sultan Vahideddin
• Bir Mazlum Padişah, Sultan Abdülaziz (2006): A Wronged Padeshah, Sultan Abdülaziz
• Bir Mazlum Padişah, Sultan II. Abdülhamid (2007): A Wronged Padeshah, Sultan Abdülhamid II
• Osmanlı Tarihi V. I-II-III (2013, 2014, 2017): Ottoman History
• Tarihten Günümüze Ermeni Meselesi ve Zulümler (2015): The Armenian Issue and Atrocities from History to Our Day
• CHP'nin Günah Galerisinden Sayfalar (2015): Pages from the CHP's Gallery of Sins
• Asrın İhâneti, Paralel Yapı veya F. Gülen'in Günah Galerisinden Sayfalar (2015): The Century's Treachery, The Parallel Structure or Pages from F. Gülen's Gallery of Sins
• Ermeni Mezâlimi: Armenian Atrocities

6.2. Non-Fiction

• İslâmcı Gençliğin El Kitabı (1981): The Handbook of the Islamist Youth
• Hicret: Aziz Vatandan Ayrılışın Hikâyesi (1990)
• Geçmişi ve Geleceği ile Hilâfet (1993)
• Üstad Necip Fazıl'a Dâir (1993)
• İslâm Yazısına Dâir (1993)
• Doğru Türkçe Rehberi Yahud Bin Uydurma Kelimeyi Boykot (1993)
• Geçmiş Günü Elerken V. I-II (1993, 1995)
• Âşıklar Ölmez!.. (1994)
• Üç Hilâfetçi Şahsiyet (1995)
• Gurbet İçinde Gurbet (2004)
• Filistin Dramı'nın Düşündürdükleri (2004)
• İthaflı Fıkralar (2005)
• Hayat Felsefesi Yahud Yaşamak Sanatı (2005)
• İslâm Dünya Görüşü (2008)
• Muhtasar İslâm Tarihi V. I-II-III (2009, 2010, 2012)
• Tarihten Günümüze Tahrif Hareketleri V. I-II-III (2010, 2011, 2012)
• Kırk Görgü Şahidinden Naklen Benden Tarihe Haberler (2016)

6.3. Fiction

• Kanlı Düğün (1972)
• Uzunca Sevindik (1973)
• Kırık Kılıç (1973)
• Kavuklu İhtilâlci: Şeyh Bedreddin (2005)
• Düzmece Mustafa (2005)
• Cem Sultan'ın Papağanı (2006)
• Zağanos Paşa (2006)
• Veli Bayezid'in Bedduası (2008)
• Malkoçoğlu Kardeşler: Bali Bey ve Yahya Paşa (2008)
• Makbul ve Maktul İbrahim Paşa (2008)
• Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa (2009)
• Sokollu Mehmed Paşa (2009)
• Mimar Koca Sinan (2011)
• Zoraki Âsi (Şehzâde Bayezid) (2012)
• Pîrî Reis (2012)

6.4. Poetry Book

• Cemre (1992)

6.5. Under the Pen Name Cüneyd Emiroğlu

• Perili Köşk (fable, 1972)
• Of Lala (fable, 1972)
• Dünya Hakimleri Yahûdî & Cihanı yutmaya hazırlanan sinsi canavar (Ruling of World: Jews) (book, translated from English, author: Louis Marschalko, 1974)
• Poliyanna (book, translated from English, 1975)
• Hacı Murad (book, translated from English, 1975)
• A'mak-ı Hayal (abridged from Ottoman Turkish, 1994)
• Dede Korkut Hikayeleri (abridged from Ottoman Turkish, 2004)
• Gök Bayrak (book, author: Leon Kahun, 2004)