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Since the month of May contains the anniversaries of the birth and death of the two pioneering figures of Islamic thought and action in our age, the architects of the Great East and Ibda, Master Necip Fazıl Kısakürek and Thinker Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, we have focused on them and their ideas in this issue.

Master Necip Fazıl is the founder of the Great East ideology, a thinker, poet, author, and man of action.

In his works, he presented an Islamic alternative to the secular ideology imposed by the West. With his powerful pen and sharp intellect, the Master provided profound analyses of the historical, political, and social issues of his time.

Commander Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, on the other hand, is the architect of Ibda—the seal of the Great East to be struck upon our age—and a man of thought and action. In his works, he covered the legal, philosophical, political, economic, and social dimensions of Islam, and just like his Master, he dedicated his entire life to his cause.

These two important figures played a significant role in the development of Islamic thought and movement today. Both reached wide audiences with their works and ideas, contributed to the formation of an Islamic consciousness, and became pioneers not only of yesterday and their own day, but also of the future, both through their works and their actions.

In this issue, we address the causes, lives, works, and ideas of Necip Fazıl and Salih Mirzabeyoğlu. Furthermore, while evaluating their impact on Islamic thought and movement, we also provide a look toward the future from the perspective of Great East-Ibda.

As for the content of our magazine;

Ömer Emre Akcebe, in his article titled “The Difference and Action of Great East-Ibda While Draining the Swamp,” discusses the swamp created by the regime of disbelief, our society which is content to live in this swamp, and the goal of Great East-Ibda, which is the cause of establishing Islam in all branches of life and human institutions.

Kâzım Albay, in his article titled “Necip Fazıl and Kemalism,” explains the scourge of Westernism that Kemalism brought to this country, how it was designed by Atatürk as a nation-state bound to the West, how Master Necip Fazıl vaccinated the nation against Kemalist revolutions with the Great East, and that our salvation lies around this ideal.

We discussed Necip Fazıl and his translation activities with Turan Kışlakçı.

Handan Özduygu, in her article titled “Master Necip Fazıl Was My Telephone Friend,” shares her memories regarding Master Necip Fazıl and Salih Mirzabeyoğlu.

As May marks the birth and death anniversaries of Master Necip Fazıl and Thinker Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, we have compiled their lives, imprisonments, and ideas for you.

We discussed the works and ideas of Master Necip Fazıl and Salih Mirzabeyoğlu with İbrahim Halil Çelik.

Muhsin İlyas Subaşı, in his article titled “Can There Be Literature Without Necip Fazıl?”, talks about the Master’s place in the literary world.

We discussed Master Necip Fazıl and Thinker Salih Mirzabeyoğlu, their struggles, the Great East-Ibda ideology, and the schools that found existence through this ideology, in the context of “İdeolocya Örgüsü” (Ideology Mesh) with Muzaffer Doğan.

Hasan Hüseyin Akdağ, in his article titled “City Image in Master Necip Fazıl’s ‘Kaldırımlar’ (Sidewalks),” shows the change and transformation experienced in Istanbul through the poem “Kaldırımlar,” where the Master uses concepts belonging to the city.

Prof. Dr. Ramazan Ayvallı, in his article titled “The High Value Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Placed on Our Prophet, His Hadith-i Sharifs, and His Descendants (Sayyids and Sharifs),” touches upon the Master, his contact with Abdulhakîm Arvâsî, and the value he placed on the elders.

İbrahim Tatlı, in his article titled “The Bektashi-Naqshbandi Conflict during the Turmoil of the New Order and the Auspicious Event,” examines the situation between the Naqshbandis and the Bektashis, who had become deformed and severed their ties with Islam.

Nimetullah Arvas, in his article titled “The Three Levels of Religion and the Hadith of Gabriel,” explains the manifestation of Archangel Gabriel in human form, the place of the Hadith of Gabriel in religion, and issues such as the meaning of the Hadith of Gabriel.

Bahattin Yeşiloğlu, we are publishing the second part of his article titled “A Woman-A Man,” written in the form of a dialogue.

In this issue of our magazine, you will also be able to find the works we have compiled and interpreted for you. Hoping to see you in our next issue… May you be entrusted to Allah.