INTRODUCTION

“Even if we are silent, our grave will speak...”

This statement by Master Necip Fazıl is a declaration of truth that proclaims those who are men of ideas and action will not be silenced by death. Indeed, the “Necip Fazıl and Youth” programs held at various universities throughout May have once again demonstrated that the cause he entrusted to the youth is still very much alive. Despite all the years that have passed, the name of Necip Fazıl and the Great East (Büyük Doğu) continue to serve as a compass in the youth’s search for direction.

Today, while the youth are subjected to perhaps the most intense bombardment of information in history, they are simultaneously facing one of their deepest crises of meaning. In such an era, Necip Fazıl’s world of ideas brings the issues of identity, belonging, and responsibility to the fore once again with all their gravity. These programs organized at universities have stood out as real encounters—far beyond mere commemorative events—that seek answers to the question of on which ideas and values the youth will build their own future.

In this issue, we examine the “Necip Fazıl and Youth” programs held in May and carry this voice, which resonates once again in young minds, to our pages. For some people, just as they did while they were alive, continue to speak even after their passing. It is impossible to silence them because their ideas continue to live on in the generations that understand and carry them forward.

CONTENTS

Büyük Doğu-İBDA as a matter of relation (Nisbet)
Kerim Kulu
“Necip Fazıl and Youth” program held at İzmir Katip Çelebi University

Interview / Dr. Ayhan Koçkaya: Contemporary popular culture has taken from us not only our focus but also our ability to write

“Necip Fazıl and Youth” program organized at Haliç University

Youth without ideals: The child driven to crime
Atty. Emrecan Çetin

The Agriculture and Livestock Mobilization and Nutritional Order of the Army in Ottoman Campaigns
Historian-Writer Şükrü Altın

Nahnu min mâi.. We are from water!..
Handan Özduygu

Seminar by Dr. Kâzım Albayrak at İLAM

Organization and action from the perspective of the Great East

“Hadith in Necip Fazıl’s works” discussed at the Server Foundation

On Thinker Salih Mirzabeyoğlu’s work “The Great Sufferers -4-” -II-
Mehmet Sami Pınar

Triggering of social problems by economic crises throughout history
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tabakoğlu

A brief anatomy of rap as a potential power to surpass the overflowing rebellion
Yavuz Arslan

A Dervish-Spirited Man: Seyyid Ahmed Arvasî
Said Bulut

“A Modern Dervish in Japan” On Wim Wenders’ Film “Perfect Days”
Muzaffer Ayvallıoğlu