1999 yılında gerçekleştirilen baskında, BAV camiası mensuplarının ailelerinden zor ve baskı ile Sn. Adnan Oktar’dan ve BAV’dan şikayetçi olduklarına dair kağıt imzalattırılması

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The families of the women forcibly taken from their homes at midnight by the police during the course of the operation against Adnan Oktar and the members of BAV (Science Research Foundation) on 12 November, 1999, were told that they would have to sign a document pressing charges against Mr. Oktar and BAV (Science Research Foundation) members if they wished to see their daughters again. This was a cunning ruse that took advantage of parents’ distress at that moment. ALTHOUGH THEY HAD COME TO NO HARM FROM ADNAN OKTAR AND BAV (Science Research Foundation), they fell victim to this plot prepared by the psychological warfare exponents out of a desire to be re-united with their daughters as quickly as possible. Then, at the earliest opportunity possible, these families immediately denied these petitions they had been forced to sign and reported as much to the relevant authorities. AS PART OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE CAMPAIGN, however, this was never reflected in the pages of any newspapers. Although these families stated time and time again that they had no complaints, and even said as much in court, the press still continued to give the impression that there were dozens of plaintiffs involved in BAV (Science Research Foundation) case.

İLHAN ULAŞOĞLU

IN THE COMPLAINT BY ILHAN ULASOGLU: I press no charges against the defendants, and no threats or pressure have been used against me. My daughter Alev Ulasoglu was taken from the home we live together in to the Security Department at 03:00 hours at night. To be more accurate she had stayed with a friend that day, and when I learned of it from the television I went to the Security Department out of concern. I may have spoken in an unguarded manner there, perhaps in order to express my concerns at the psychological effect of the tape made. But I appended my signature without reading it.

KUBİLAY GÖKTAN

Whereas I have no complaint to make in this case regarding anyone including Adnan Oktar. I want to inform you that I have no grievance regarding this matter, sincerely yours, Kubilay Göktan

KEMAL ORHUN FİŞEK

I have made no complaint regarding either the BAV or Adnan Oktar. If there are any statements by me equivalent to being complaints I duly retract them. In addition, I have no grievance with the events. I request that the requisite measures now be taken and submit this in order to inform the public. Respectfully yours, Kemal Orhun Fişek

HÜSEYİN CAN AKINCIOĞLU

Huseyin Can Akincioglu, son of Mehmet, resides at …..
ASKED ABOUT COMPLAINTS: It is true that I had previously asked for charges to be pressed, and as it can be seen I issued my complaint one month after the event, that was because I was influenced by the press. As soon as we got in touch with our daughter, I have retracted my complaint and no longer wish charges to be pressed, seeing that the event is reported wrong by the press and that the event was not as we considered it to be. No threats have been made towards my daughter or myself.

MAKFİRE VANİOĞLU

No threats have been made against me or my daughter. I have no complaint against the defendants. I learned of the defendants after the events by way of the media, and had no previous knowledge of or acquaintance with them.

TARIK BİNATLI

I have no complaint, I have no knowledge of the events and I do not know whether or not my daughter was part of this group. I have no complaint.

SELMA KIRAL

I have never issued a complaint and presently have no complaint. I received a phone call around 16:00 on 13 November, from my daughter saying she was at the Security Department and they were expecting me. I learned what was going on, and was very worried. They said I could see my daughter later, but they insisted that I make an official complaint in the meantime. They said the more charges I pressed, the longer they could keep these people looked up. I said I could not make any complaints without speaking to my husband. They told me to give a statement and issue the complaint later. They said I could go and issue an official complaint at any time, any day, and they asked me to sign a piece of paper during this conversation. The officer was told I was not making a complaint  but could come and do so at any time; when they asked me to sign the document I saw my daughter and became very excited. I think I probably must have signed it. Although I had no complaint to make, I learned later from the press that I was a plaintiff. I wish to press no charges.

GÜNGÖR KURUNÇ

I went to the Security Department in that state of anger and made a statement, though I am not in a position to prove it. I therefore retract my complaint.

SABRİYE AKINCIOĞLU

Still residing at …..

The charges AND APPENDICES were read out.

ASKED ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS AND EVIDENCE; I do not know the defendants; my daughter’s name is Serap Akincioglu. She was writing a book with that group. I had not seen my daughter for six years, since 1994, though I see her now. She had no complaint to issue during the time I did not see her but we were speaking on the telephone.

 The families of the women forcibly abducted from their homes at midnight by the police during the operation against Adnan Oktar and BAV (Science Research Foundation) community  stated on dozens of occasions, in court testimony and written petitions, that they wished to make no complaints. Again as part of the psychological warfare campaign, however, none of these statements ever appeared in the press, and the impression was given that there were dozens of plaintiffs involved in BAV (Science Research Foundation) case.

 

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Even Ismet Berkan, a columnist for daily Radikal, admitted that the unjust attack perpetrated during the police operation against BAV (Science Research Foundation) in 1999 was actually psychological warfare. Berkan made the psychological warfare technique employed in this campaign against Adnan Oktar crystal clear in the words “There is no room for the principle of investigative confidentiality in this war.”


Daily Radikal, 05 February, 2000

“There is no room for the principle of investigative confidentiality in this war … But yesterday the ‘war’s’ lack of any principle reached a peak, and the original of a bugged telephone conversation marked ‘top secret’ was published in a newspaper…But this is psychological warfare, and all means are acceptable.” Daily Radikal, 05 February, 2000.

 
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PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT BEDİÜZZAMAN SAİD NURSİ

Bediüzzaman Said Nursi was one of the greatest Islamic scholars of the 20th century. Throughout his 87 years he defended Islam and waged a great intellectual struggle against materialist philosophy and the opponents of religion and spiritual matters. In his day, too, various psychological warfare techniques were applied in order to obstruct this highly learned Muslim.

Psychological Warfare Technique 1:
The Claim That “He Is Solely out for His Own Interests.”

One of the press-publishing bodies said the following about Bediüzzaman Said Nursi’s activities thanks to the psychological warfare campaign directed by certain circles made uneasy by him:

Said the Kurd has embarked on fanatical religious propaganda by using religion as a political tool, and has deceived a number of people, causing them to deviate from the true path…A figure of 30 years standing, he looks for naïve citizens to mislead… It has been realised that the sheik’s (Bediüzzaman Said Nursi’s) role in this is to attract money to himself by deceiving the naïve...” (Daily Cumhuriyet, 10 May, 1935)

On a different date the same newspaper wrote: “An investigation has begun into Said Nursi, who takes false advantage of religion.” “Said-I Nursi is not someone to attach any importance to. He is someone concerned with material and psychological gains.”

The only reason why groundless, illogical and empty allegations such as extracting money from his students and trying to satisfy his thirst for power were made against Bediüzzaman, who expected nothing from this world, who had no money or property, who in his own words “took humbleness as a profession” and who lived an exceedingly modest life, was the attempt to neutralize him and silence his message.

Psychological Warfare Technique 2:
The Allegation of “Insanity”

In 1908, Bediüzzaman Said Nursi appeared before the court, again for artificial reasons, and the medical committee appointed by that court issued a report saying the “state of his mind was impaired.” The doctor in the mental hospital to which he was later transferred said, after meeting him, "“If this man is mad, then there can be nobody sane in the world,” thus emphasizing the invalidity of that report. Under the direction of the psychological warfare campaign, press bodies carried misleading reports such as “Said Nursi has entered and left a mental home” in an effort to make this great Islamic seem different in the eyes of the public.

Psychological Warfare Technique 3:
The Claim He “Led Astray Those around Him.”

One of the psychological techniques employed against Bediüzzaman Said Nursi and his students was the series of articles entitled “The Exploiters of Faith” that appeared in one newspaper of the time. This series repeated the propaganda issued by the deniers in the Qur’an, of “casting a spell over others,” with regard to him. It said; “They are bound to him solely out of religious mysticism, and they can see and hear nothing else.” The fact is, however, that Bediüzzaman Said Nursi and the believers around him were individuals of great purity, possessed of great reason and good conscience, and who acted under the guidance of the Qur’an. Those involved in making those false accusations were perfectly well aware of this. Through this psychological warfare technique they attempted to give the impression that Bediüzzaman Said had brainwashed young people, and that these young people were so devoid of reason and logic as to permit themselves to be brainwashed in the first place.

Psychological Warfare Technique 4:
The Allegation of “Religious Deviation”

Another of the psychological warfare techniques applied against Bediüzzaman Said Nursi was the allegation that he established his own religious conception by perverting the stipulations of the Qur’an, and then sought to indoctrinate others with it. The aim behind this was to give a false impression of Bediüzzaman by inciting the public and those religious circles that did not know him very well against him.

The exponents of psychological warfare conspired against Bediüzzaman Said Nursi on various occasions in order to lend credence to these slanders. In order to turn the public against him they accused him of consorting with prostitutes and drunkenness. As with all the plots against all Muslims over the course of history, of course, these came to nothing and Bediüzzaman Said Nursi continued to patiently serve the faith.

Those before them plotted but all plotting belongs to Allah. He knows what each self earns, and the unbelievers will soon know who has the Ultimate Abode.(Surat ar-Ra’d, 42)

 
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Disturbed by the way that Adnan Oktar’s more than 250 books have been translated into 57 languages and read all over the world, the exponents of the psychological warfare campaign initiated another technique they imagined would significantly lessen the impact of these works. Adnan Oktar was accused of “misinterpreting the faith” and this slander was repeated right up as far as the Prosecutor’s Office list of charges in the wake of the operation carried out in 1999. Those directing the psychological warfare campaign imagined they could lessen the impact of these works, written by Adnan Oktar under the pen name Harun Yahya, by claiming he had established his own religious conception and that these works had deviated from the path of the People of the Sunna. ADNAN OKTAR IS TOTALLY LOYAL TO THE SUNNA OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS). HE HAS ADOPTED THE QUR’AN AND THE SUNNA AS HIS GUIDES IN ALL HIS WORKS. He has described this in great detail in his work “The Importance of the People of the Sunna.” The best response to the false accusation of misinterpreting the faith came from the expert witness reports by a number of esteemed academics.

  1. 1. Statement penned by Prof. Dr. Salih Akdemir, a member of the Ankara University Scriptural Exegesis Department teaching staff, on 20.03.2000

  2. Prof. Salih Akdemir

    In seeking to carry out this mission in his book, the author has resource to such traditional techniques as textual commentary, which have been employed throughout the history of Islamic thought. In the technical sense he writes while remaining loyal to the principle of concealing his own personal views regarding these. It is my impression that all the works written by Harun Yahya have been intended to develop tolerance and love in Turkey and to deepen the elements of Islamic belief and moral virtues in believers.

  3. Statement by Prof. Dr. Mevlüt Güngör, head of the Ankara University Scriptural Exegesis Department, dated 25.03.2000

  4. Prof. Dr. Mevlut Gungor

    3. Analysis: There is nothing incompatible in these books regarding the conception of Islam in general and the Peoples of the Book, and the auth has sought to assume the responsibility of adopting the principle of “encouraging what is good and discouraging evil,” which the Qur’an desires from all Muslims as well.

  5. 3. Statement by Prof. Dr. Hayrettin Karaman, a member of the European International Islamic University teaching staff

  6. Prof. Dr. Hayrettin Karaman

    In his books, with his identity, character and ideas Adnan Oktar, writing under the pen-name Harun Yahya, is a believer who wishes to share what he reads, thinks and considers valuable. He is not an expert in any specific field, though he relies on the writings of experts in his works and uses these as points of reference. He takes the Qur’an and the Sunna as his guides, and seeks to submit the truths of Islam to a specific target audience using a contemporary style of address within the framework of these two sources. He is careful to demolish ideologies, thoughts and ideas opposed to Islam, especially materialist and Darwinist ideology. In his books, the majority of which I have seen, I have encountered none of the words and ideas that might remove him from the fold of Islam in terms of knowledge and creed.

  7. 4. Statement by Prof. Dr. Yaşar Kandemir, former dean of the Marmara University Theology Faculty, dated 21.09.2000

  8. Prof. Dr. M. Yasar Kandemir

    In conclusion, I submit for your information that these works contain advice compatible with the essence of Islam and the spirit of the Qur’an and contain nothing incompatible with the faith and the Qur’an.

  9. Statement by Prof. Dr. M. Hayri Kirbaşoglu, member of the Ankara University Hadith Department teaching staff, dated 28.03.2000

  10. Prof. Dr. Hayri Kirbasoglu

    In conclusion, even if looked at in terms of claims that they contain personal opinions, it cannot be said that these works are completely different to comparable works already available on the market. The difference may lie in their style of address, their enriched illustrations and diagrams. I am of the opinion that this does not represent a criminal offence.

    These are my personal views and opinions, as a man of science. For your information. Respectfully,

  11. Statement by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bayrakdar, member of the Ankara University Theology Faculty, dated 30.05.2000

  12. The result of an analysis of these works is this:
    No un-Islamic ideas incompatible with the Qur’an and the Sunnah, the fundamental reference points of Islam, have been found in any of the author’s works. On the contrary, our traditional Turkish Islamic conception has been preserved. No data incompatible with our national or religious customs and traditions have been encountered. Similarly, they contain no ideas opposed to Kemalism, secularism and democracy, which are among our present-day values.

  13. 7. Statement by Assistant Prof. Dr. İlhami Güler, member of the Ankara University Scripture Department, dated 25.03.2000

  14. Asst. Prof. Dr. Ilhami Guler

    In his books, there is no indication that the author has brought his own personal views of Islam to bear, nor that he has failed to adopt the general opinion regarding the Peoples of the Book.

  15. Asst. Prof. Dr. Ilhami Guler In his books, there is no indication that the author has brought his own personal views of Islam to bear, nor that he has failed to adopt the general opinion regarding the Peoples of the Book.

  16. In conclusion, I have determined that

    a) The attitudes and ideas displayed by Harun Yahya in the books forming the subject of this inquiry are deeply rooted and traditional ones in the history of Islamic thought and,

    These books contain nothing incompatible with the fundamental tenets of Islam not any attempt to develop a new conception based on a personal conception of Islam, and that these beliefs are intended as a struggle against contemporary atheistic tendencies.

  17. Statement by Assistant Prof. Dr. Mehmet Paçac, deputy head of the Ankara University Theology Faculty Basic Islamic Studies Department 01.06.2000

  18. By presenting evidence in the books concerned from the Holy Qur’an itself and the outside world, and encouraging people to reflect on these, he asks people to look at their surroundings and their creation, and based on information regarding nature and creation from people in the surrounding environment, Harun Yahya can be seen to be engaged in endeavours that follow this line of the Qur’an. In the light of this, the books in question can be seen to be following the Qur’an and to benefit the faith.

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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED AGAINST PROPHET MUSA

Just like all other prophets and true believers, Prophet Musa was several times subjected to verbal assaults from the deniers. Some of the psychological warfare tactics in question are:

Psychological Warfare Technique 1:
Depicting Prophet Musa as a Danger to the Nation

One of the psychological warfare tactics employed by Pharaoh against Prophet Musa was to take every available opportunity to depict Prophet Musa and Prophet Harun as dangers to the public and the country. By means of these groundless allegations he sought to incite the public against the prophet, so much so that Pharaoh even accused Prophet Musa of “wanting to force people off their own lands.” In the verses of the Qur’an Allah describes how Pharaoh addressed the leading members of the community:

He said to the High Council round about him, ‘This certainly is a skilled magician who desires by his magic to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?’ (Surat ash-Shu‘ara’, 34-35)

Through this slander Pharaoh wanted to give the public the impression that Prophet Musa and his followers were traitors, and hoped that the leaders of the community would establish a common front against the prophet and his followers. However, as Allah has promised, He neutralised Pharaoh’s plan, in the same way that all the plots against believers have always been confounded:

So Allah safeguarded him from the evil things they plotted and a most evil torment engulfed Pharaoh’s people – (Surah Ghafir, 45)

Psychological Warfare Technique 2:
Prophet Musa Accused of “Sorcery”

In order to prove the existence of Allah and that he was the messenger of Allah, Prophet Musa worked a number of miracles, by Allah’s leave, for Pharaoh. Yet Pharaoh still refused to believe, and in order to prevent the public believing either he accused Prophet Musa of witchcraft and sorcery.24)

 
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Advertisements and invitations were issued to find plaintiffs in the BAV case.

Immediately after the 12 November, 1999, operation against the BAV community, a number of high-ranking Security Department officials issued statements to the newspapers that they were looking for plaintiffs and whistle-blowers. On the first day of the operation the then head of the Istanbul Security Department held a press conference at which he said: “These people are a criminal gang. Let their victims make formal complaints. We will keep their identities secret.” This call was published by many newspapers under banner headlines, and this was how the search for plaintiffs was conducted. Such an invitation of course represented an unmissable opportunity for anyone harbouring resentment against the BAV. It was also a sign that the operation was conducted in the absence of any crime, following the logic of “LET’S CARRY OUT THE OPERATION FIRST, AND THEN FIND A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.” This is one of the techniques of psychological warfare.

 
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FATIH ALTAYLI’S ATTEMPTS TO INCITE THE PUBLIC
AGAINST THE BAV

A journalist by the name of Fatih Altayli, who had previously been obliged to pay damages for libelling the BAV, also contributed to the calls issued to find plaintiffs against the BAV made through the press. In an article in the daily Hurriyet, titled “Complain about Adnan’s Friends,” Fatih Altayli called on all his readers to complain about by the BAV by saying, “well done to whoever organised it [the operation], it is now the public’s turn!”

Yet like all the initiatives taken by the practitioners of psychological warfare, this move also ended in failure.


Fatih Altayli’s attempts to incite the public against BAV

 
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Dr. J. Goebbels, a member of Hitler’s psychological warfare team, employed psywar techniques.

Dr. J. Goebbels, minister of education and propaganda and a member of Hitler’s special psychological warfare team which made intensive use of psywar techniques during the Second World War, employed the following terms in one passage from many in which he described those methods:

“TELL LIES. SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE YOU.”

These words by Goebbels are evidence of how easy it is to deceive the public through false newspaper reports and untrue statements. Goebbel’s psychological warfare techniques were also employed against Adnan Oktar. Various campaigns based on lies, slander and name blackening have been conducted against him. And some people did, indeed, believe them.

Hitler has a special psychological warfare team, made up of psychologists, psychiatrists, scientists and other experts. They would initiate slander campaigns and lies against targets who did not share their views. They sought to neutralise opposition by spreading these lies over the radio and in pamphlets. Both fascism and communism made use of the techniques of psychological warfare.

Stalin, who killed millions and perpetrated mass slaughter, attached great importance to psychological warfare. He sought to silence opposition with lies, slander, insults and other psywar methods. He had opponents imprisoned in mental asylums and branded as insane. Just as happened in the conspiracies against Adnan Oktar and the methods resorted to therein.

 

 
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Hitler, Lenin and Stalin attached great importance to psychological warfare.

Shall I tell you upon whom the satan descend? They descend on every evil liar. They give them a hearing and most of them are liars.
(Surat-ash Shuara, 221-223)

 

Hitler and Lenin, who both slaughtered millions of people, both attached great importance to psychological warfare. Hitler emphasised this is many of his speeches: “Smash the enemy’s morale with surprise attacks, terror, sabotage and assassinations. THIS IS THE WAR OF THE FUTURE. MAKE YOUR LIES BIG, AND SIMPLE, AND KEEP TELLING THEM. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BELIEVE THEM.”

“THROUGH LIES AND CONSTANT PROPAGANDA you can make people think that hell is paradise, that the most wretched life is true joy.” The psychological warfare techniques of the fascist leader Hitler, the murderer of so many innocent people, have today been employed against Adnan Oktar. There has been constant propaganda against Adnan Oktar in areas most likely to touch the public nerve. Huge lies have been spread and conspiracies carried out against Adnan Oktar with the aim of influencing ignorant people, who neither read nor investigate matters for themselves. And some members of the public have indeed come to believe these lies.

The bloodthirsty communist leader Lenin was also an expert on psychological warfare. He frequently referred to these techniques in his speeches:

“TOLD OFTEN ENOUGH, A LIE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME THE TRUTH.”

This psychological warfare technique described by Lenin, responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people, has also been employed against Adnan Oktar. The most unbelievable falsehoods concerning Adnan Oktar have been spread by media institutions under the direction of psychological war experts, and various of these lies have been spread by the press. They have attempted to make the public believe these lies, intended as general name blackening.

 
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Dr. Sefa Saygili was also once a victim of these psychological war exponents.

Dr. Sefa Saygili was also once a victim of these psychological war exponents. Abandoning all the many problems facing Muslims, he began occupying himself with supporting the psychological war campaign against Adnan Oktar. In those days, intensive reports against Adnan Oktar appeared, as always, in the dailies Hurriyet and Sabah and also in other tabloids. Saygili joined these people and entered the fight against Adnan Oktar side by side with dailies Hurriyet and Sabah. While Adnan Oktar willingly risked imprisonment in jails and mental hospitals as he waged his struggle against materialists, Darwinists and atheists, Saygili sat in his comfortable chair and attempted to work against him.


“Adnan is paranoid.” September-October 1989

If something good happens to you, it galls them. If something bad strikes you, they rejoice at it. But if you are steadfast and have fear of Allah, their scheming will not harm you in any way. Allah encompasses what they do.
(Surat al-Imran, 120)

 
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Psychological warfare techniques were also employed against Adnan Oktar when he was released from the Bakirkoy Mental Hospital.

But evil plotting envelops only those who do it. Do they expect anything but the pattern of previous peoples? You will not find any changing in the pattern of Allah. You will not find any alteration in the pattern of Allah.

(Surat Fatir, 43)



MILLIYET
Adnan Hodja (Adnan Oktar) tried at the Istanbul State Security Court on charges of offending national sensibilities and engaging in anti-secular propaganda and treated for 10 months at the Bakirkoy Psychological and Nervous Diseases Hospital, was freed yesterday. He was released when it emerged in the report from the Forensic Science Department to the State Security Court that he has partial criminal discretion. Adnan Hodja was treated for paranoia in the hospital, and departed by kissing the hand of Head Doctor Yildirim Aktuna in front of a photograph of Ataturk. Dr. Aktuna advised him to “be more careful in future.” Adnan Hodja will be tried on bail.


The press were brought in before the photograph was taken. Adnan Hodja, a genuine nationalist and supporter of Ataturk, was then led in, following which this show photograph was taken.


Adnan Oktar was made to kiss the hand of the head doctor of the time as he was released from the Bakirkoy Psychological and Nervous Diseases Hospital. However, this was probably the first time that the kissing of a hand using the side of the beard, with the hand being forcibly raised towards the head, had ever been seen. It was obvious that this was no genuine, willing hand-kissing. However, with this image psychological warfare exponents sought to give the impression that Adnan Oktar had been brought to heel. The message “Be more careful in future. Do not overstep the mark, or you know what will happen to you,” had been duly imparted. In other words, they were demanding, as he was warned by private courier before, that his book on Judaism and Freemasonry should not be reprinted, and that he should put a complete end to his preaching activities.

 
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Adnan Oktar has been accused of things he had absolutely nothing to do with.

Part of the psychological warfare campaign against Adnan Oktar consisted of crimes he had absolutely nothing to do with being ascribed to him in the press. The approach adopted was “how can we invent a crime and a slander to be imputed to Adnan Oktar?” in an area most likely to impact on public sensibilities. Daily Hurriyet carried a spurious tale to the effect that someone who committed suicide in 1989 had links to Adnan Oktar. That person’s family were later had to come out and deny the story. Psychological war experts thus used the press to create a general indignation against Adnan Oktar in the public mind regarding a matter he had absolutely nothing to do with.

Hürriyet, 1999

 
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All the Bakirkoy Mental Hospital records for the period Adnan Oktar was held there have disappeared.

The Bakirkoy Psychological and Nervous Diseases Hospital records had been regularly maintained since 1927. The files in these archives contained detailed records such as the dates when patients were admitted and released, the drugs prescribed, the units they were housed in and length of treatment.

Only the files for 1985 and 1986 ARE MISSING. That is the period when Adnan Oktar was held there. ALL THE RECORDS FOR THAT PERIOD ALONE SOMEHOW VANISHED. THIS MEANS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INVESTIGATE THAT PERIOD AND THE MURKY EVENTS TAKING PLACE DURING IT. This shows the extent of the psychological warfare campaign against Adnan Oktar and the fearless nature of the communists state within a state.

 
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People who said they were not the victims of any offences were frequently called upon to give statements as “plaintiffs.”

Hitherto unseen legal measures were also taken in the psychological warfare campaign against Adnan Oktar. For instance, despite having told the Prosecutor’s Office time and time again that they had not been subjected to any offences and that they had no charges to press, some people were referred to as plaintiffs in statements by third parties. People aged around 40 were called on to make statements over and over again, despite already having done so, as “plaintiffs.” This is another psychological warfare technique, and the third parties involved were directed by psychological war exponents.

 
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The allegations that BAV members had blackmailed Mehmet Agar and Celal Adan were refuted in statements the pair made to the State Security Court.

Following the police operation conducted against members of BAV in 1999, a great many media institutions carried unfounded and groundless allegations that BAV members had engaged in “blackmail and making threats.” These papers, directed by psychological warfare experts, carried headlines saying that BAV members had attempted to blackmail Mehmet Agar and Celal Adan for personal gain. However, in statements made to the Istanbul State Security Court, Agar and Adan made it clear that “THEY HAD NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO ANY THREATS FROM BAV COMMUNITY AND THAT NO FINANCIAL DEMANDS HAD BEEN MADE OF THEM.” These baseless reports, carried by various papers, were personally refuted by Agar and Adan in the nation’s courts. However, the statements by Agar and Adan to the effect that they had not been threatened or blackmailed never appeared anywhere in the papers.


In a statement dated 20.05.00 and issued by order of Ankara State Security Court No. 2, former Istanbul Member of Parliament Celal Adan made it clear that he had not been threatened in any way and had never been exposed to any financial demands. However, as psychological warfare requires, this information never appeared in the press.




In a statement dated 20.05.00 and issued by order of Ankara State Security Court No. 2, former Member of Parliament for Elazig Mehmet Agar made it clear that he had not been threatened in any way and had never been exposed to any financial demands. However, as psychological warfare requires, this information never appeared in the press.

 
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Adnan Oktar and the BAV members were absolved from the groundless allegations made against them through rulings regarding the dismissal of proceedings, the lack of any need for further inquiries, or acquittal.

As another psychological warfare technique, various baseless complaints against Adnan Oktar and certain members of BAV have been lodged with many Prosecutor’s Offices. All the inquiries listed below ended in rulings either acquitting Adnan Oktar and BAV members, or the dismissal of proceedings, or else in rulings stating no further investigations were needed. Nonetheless, unfounded allegations are still being made against Adnan Oktar and the BAV membership, again as a psychological war tactic.

    1. The Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an inquiry, No. 2005/51724, with claims against Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV of “setting up a criminal enterprise for financial gain, slander, menaces and insulting language.” As a result of the Prosecutor’s Office investigation, however, it was determined that no offences had been committed and that there was no need for a criminal inquiry."
    2. An inquiry into Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV was opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office under inquiry No. 2005/51725 on the ground of “setting up an enterprise for criminal purposes.” However, no criminal offence was determined and the court ruled that no investigation was necessary.
    3. An inquiry, No. 2005/51274, into Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV was opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office on the ground of “setting up an enterprise for illicit financial gain.” However, no criminal offence was determined and the court ruled that no investigation was necessary.
    4. An inquiry into Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV was opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office under inquiry No. 2005/27549 on the grounds of “setting up an enterprise to commit criminal acts.” However, no criminal offence was determined and the court ruled that no investigation was necessary.
    5. An inquiry into Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV was opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office under inquiry No. 2005/27549 on the grounds of “setting up an enterprise to commit criminal acts, blackmail, menaces and insulting language.” However, a ruling dated 18.10. 05 decided that no investigation was necessary.
    6. An inquiry into Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV was opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office under inquiry No. 2005/60013 on the grounds of “setting up a criminal organisation.” However, a ruling dated 18.10. 05 decided that no investigation was necessary.
    7. An inquiry into Adnan Oktar and certain members of the BAV was opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office under inquiry No. 2002/21669 on the grounds of “setting up a criminal organisation.” However, ruling 2003/6120 decided that no investigation was necessary.
    8. Following an appeal against the Public Prosecutor’s Office decision not to proceed under the statute of limitations, decision No. 2005/51724 and inquiry 2006/2432, dated, 27.03.06, an investigation by Istanbul Beyoglu Criminal Court No. 3 determined that there had been no violation of the dismissal of proceedings ruling No. 2006/668 and duly rejected the appeal.
    9. Following an appeal against the Public Prosecutor’s Office decision not to proceed under the statute of limitations, decision No. 2005/27549 and inquiry 2006/871, dated, 18.10.05, an investigation by Istanbul Beyoglu Criminal Court No. 3 determined that there had been no violation of the law and regulations on the the dismissal of proceedings and duly rejected the appeal.
    10. Following an appeal against the Public Prosecutor’s Office decision not to proceed under the the dismissal of proceedings, decision No. 2002/60013 and inquiry 2002/18838, dated, 31.12.02, an investigation by Istanbul Beyoglu Criminal Court No. 3 determined that there had been no violation of the law and regulations on the the dismissal of proceedings and duly rejected the appeal.
    11. Following an appeal against the Public Prosecutor’s Office decision not to proceed under the the dismissal of proceedings, decision No. 2002/39606 and inquiry 2003/8860, dated, 30.06.03, an investigation by Istanbul Beyoglu Criminal Court No. 3 determined, under ruling No. 2003/333, that there had been no violation of the law and regulations on the the dismissal of proceedings and duly rejected the appeal.
    12. The Istanbul Eyup Criminal Court examined an appeal lodged against the Bagcilar Prosecutor’s Office ruling, No. 2002/21669 dated 15.10.03, regarding the expiration of the the dismissal of proceedings, and under ruling No. 2003/894 inquiry 2004/12, the court decided there had been no violation or contravention of the applicable law and regulations and rejected the appeal.