As we embark on our new voyage, we fill our sails with a spirit of offensive and declare 'Vira Bismillah'. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has left his mark on nearly a quarter-century of Turkey, has repeatedly made the following admission in his speeches over the last 10 years: 'We have not been successful in culture.' In these same speeches, President Erdoğan occasionally adds education and family to the realm of culture. In fact, family, education, and culture are not separate from one another; they are complementary elements, and a deficiency in one permeates the others as well. Yes, President Erdoğan has been saying 'We have not been successful in culture' for 10 years, yet there has been no positive development during this time. The diagnosis is there, but no steps are taken or can be taken to resolve the problem. The stakeholders and the addressees of these words acknowledge President Erdoğan’s diagnosis of 'We have not been successful in culture' by nodding their heads, but they content themselves with merely nodding. Their only action is to nod! If, despite all these financial resources and all these official and civil institutions and organizations, success cannot be achieved in culture, it means something is missing. What is missing? Abdurrahman Hacımelek attempts to answer this question in his article titled 'The Spirit of Offensive'. Much has been said and written since the passing of Mahmud Ustaosmanoğlu Efendi, the representative of the balance between the outward and the inward in our age. We are convinced that the revolution he carried out with a spirit of offensive against Western impositions is not spoken of enough. Ali Haydar Konur wrote about this revolution in his article titled 'The Sıla of Our Century: Mahmud Ustaosmanoğlu Efendi'. 'Everything is just a 'Shiki shiki baba' story,' says Zeynel Abidin Dânâlıoğlu in his article titled 'Licking the threshold of the door -The rise of the ugly-'. Dânâlıoğlu wrote about the failure of the Westernist culture imposed on the Anatolian people in 'A modern times wonder! The story of those who have gained power and influence by doing despicable work in the absence of trained men'. Starting from this issue, we will hopefully begin publishing 'Iküdeniz Conversations' in every issue. We hope you will read with pleasure the conversations held by Saadeddin Ustaosmanoğlu, the founder of the Roots Association, and the İkideniz crew. The first conversation is on life and theater. Eymen Uçar recounts the writing adventure and the first staging of Master Necip Fazıl Kısakürek’s play titled Tohum (Seed) in his article 'An epic of pure spiritual resurgence: Tohum'. Star Newspaper has been giving out 'Necip Fazıl Kısakürek awards' in the fields of thought, literature, and art for 8 years. In her article titled 'A reproach to our cultural and artistic stance', Akdes Revaha Onat emphasizes that although it is not at the desired level, the 'Necip Fazıl Kısakürek awards' will be a serious step for the expected cultural breakthrough. Zekeriya Koç addressed the cultural assault carried out through Turkish cinema, which was founded on the denigration of Islam and the Muslim Anatolian people, with the title 'Religious discrimination in cinema'. Architect Ömer Faruk Akman continues to introduce the venues of Master Necib Fazıl Kısakürek. In this issue, Akman takes us to the mansion in Çemberlitaş where the Master was born. Fatih Tekin wrote about the importance of the neighborhood through the relationship between space, memory, and culture in his article titled 'The loss of the neighborhood'. Mehmet İzgi, with his story 'The chair in the palace', and Zerrin Ülkü and Bilal Kâmil Aktepe, with their illustrations, have taken their places in the second voyage of İkideniz.