Turkists of Izmit
LeaderRecep Mert
FounderRecep Mert
Headquartersİzmit, Kocaeli Province, Turkey
IdeologyTurkish nationalism
Pan-Turkism
Turanism
Ultranationalism
Secularism
Anti-communism
Anti-immigration
Anti-Islamism
Political positionFar-right

The Turkists of Izmit (Turkish: İzmitli Türkçüler) is a Turkish ultranationalist group based in the city of İzmit.

History

The group was founded by Recep Mert, a 2023 MP candidate for the Victory Party in Kocaeli Province.[1] Mert ran for MP alongside Alaattin Derebaş, leader of the Turkists of Gebze, an almost identical group. Derebaş was also for the Victory Party.[2]

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.[3]

The Turkists of Izmit stage protests anytime Turkish soldiers are killed.[4] They also had visited Sabri Yalım Park in Izmit to stage a protest there.[5] 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."[6][7]

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.[8][9] The group Tahir Büyükakın, an AKP politician and mayor of Kocaeli, to join the march, although he ignored their invitation and did not come.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Zafer Partisi iki vekil hedefliyor". www.hedefgazetesi.com.tr. April 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Zafer Partisi milletvekili adaylarını tanıttı!". www.cagdaskocaeli.com.tr.
  3. ↑ "Türkçüler'den İzmit'te Suriyeliler açıklaması "Uyuyan devi uyandırdınız!"". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
  4. ↑ "İzmitli Türkçüler şehit teğmen için toplandı". www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr.
  5. ↑ "İzmitli Türkçüler'den alkışlatan hareket! Şehit Eril Alperen Emir için toplandılar". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
  6. ↑ Akçaharman, Nuri Dinçer (December 23, 2023). "İzmitli Türkçüler terörü lanetledi "Barış değil intikam istiyoruz"".
  7. ↑ ""Çözüm değil, intikam istiyoruz!"". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
  8. ↑ Akçaharman, Nuri Dinçer (December 25, 2023). "Kocaeli haber - İzmitli Türkçüler 12 şehit için yürüdü".
  9. ↑ "İzmitli Türkçüler Şehitlerimiz için yürüdü". www.seskocaeli.com.
  10. ↑ "Türkçüler 12 şehit için İzmit'i inlettiler!". www.kocaeligazetesi.com.tr.
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