Striking remarks from Cübbeli Ahmet following the Yalova operation

Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, known to the public as Cübbeli Ahmet, made striking statements regarding the operation conducted against ISIS in Yalova.

Cübbeli Ahmet stated that the posts of Zafer Mutlu, one of the individuals killed in Yalova, included the views of figures using the aliases Abu Haris and Abu Hanzala.

Cübbeli continued his remarks as follows:

"Now, who is poisoning this nation, who brought this nation to this state? A 16-year-old child in Izmir martyred 3 police officers. They say, 'We will cut off all your heads, we will blow up all your police stations.' Who gave this mindset to this 16-year-old child? The names of these men (Abu Haris-Abu Hanzala) are also in that child's posts."

After stating that the Abu Hanzala circle is poisoning the nation, declaring people infidels (takfir), and laying the groundwork for destructive activities through their work, Cübbeli Ahmet continued his words as follows:

"They have built such places, such mosques, that they are poisoning the nation... 'That one is an infidel, this one is an infidel'... And then they take that poison, and they kill you, they kill me..."

Objecting to the fact that the Abu Hanzala group continues its activities freely, Cübbeli Ahmet concluded his words after stating that these individuals call those who vote infidels and call imams 'taghut' (tyrant) infidels:

"Who is allowing these people to open such places, how is this permission still being granted?"

In his statement, Cübbeli Ahmet said that individuals in the Abu Hanzala group are occasionally imprisoned and then released, and then makes these shocking remarks: "These men are raising the nation as terrorists."

Stating that he has been warning about Salafi groups for a long time and has informed the relevant authorities that these structures are advancing and arming themselves, Cübbeli Ahmet concluded his words as follows:

"In the file we submitted to the police, there is a total of 7,000 pages of evidence, including a 1,500-page report. 80 pages of this file are devoted to Yalova."

Cübbeli Ahmet's statements regarding the ISIS operation in Yalova point to a mentality issue in Turkey that is being ignored, beyond daily polemics.

What is truly remarkable in these statements is his drawing attention to how far the "religious language" and "propaganda" can reach. The fact that a 16-year-old child considers state officials "infidels" and deems killing them legitimate shows much more than an individual deviation. This is the result of a systematically produced mindset.

For this reason, the issue is not just about "who is speaking" or "which names." The real problem is the religious interpretations that circulate freely in the public sphere and organize in an uncontrolled manner, darkening lives. Structures that view democracy and secularism as a regime of infidelity and poison the masses with theocratic propaganda are, in some way, cultivating a mindset for terrorist organizations. Because, just as it was yesterday, today too, terrorist organizations do not first teach killing people, but rather how to sever humans from one another.

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