INTRODUCTION

Some murders do not merely target an individual; they aim to silence an idea, a direction, and a hope. The years that pass neither cover the truth nor lighten the burden on consciences. On the contrary, time only amplifies the questions awaiting answers.

The brutal assassination of Bayram Ali Öztürk Hoca, one of the darkest incidents in Turkey’s recent history, was long intended to be kept behind a curtain of "unsolved" mysteries. Yet, in the public memory, this file has never been an ordinary judicial case. In the shadow of negligence, contradictions, and unanswered issues, the expectation for justice has only grown stronger with each passing day.

The prospect of the case being reopened now is a historic opportunity not only for the legal process to resume but also for the veil of mystery over the truth to be lifted. True justice manifests not just by taking files off shelves, but by clarifying them in all their dimensions.

In this issue, we re-examine the matter in all its aspects. We are bringing the background of the event, the details hitherto ignored, and the questions awaiting answers back onto the agenda. For it is our conviction that this is not a case with an unknown perpetrator, but a crime with a notorious one. No matter how thick the veils covering the truth may be, the quest for justice has the power to tear them apart.

This dossier is not only a reckoning with the past but also a test of conscience for the future of a Turkey that is constantly emphasized as being "new."

CONTENTS

Portrait of a Scholar / The Spirit of Jihad, The Consciousness of Martyrdom – Kerim Kulu

Who is Martyr Bayram Ali Öztürk Hoca?

Attorney Hamza Uçan: There is a cell-type structure behind the murder of Bayram Hoca

Attorney Kerami Özdemir: Lost evidence, unexamined HTS records... This case must be reopened

Mehmet Metiner: The Bayram Hoca investigation must be reopened

From the talks of Bayram Ali Hoca...

Cumali Hisar: We will not let the file of Bayram Ali Öztürk Hoca fall off the agenda

State 101 – Yavuz Arslan

What remains with us after the MİM Kemal Öke interview... – Handan Özduygu

The unfortunateness of the secularist segment and the AHBAP incident – Murat Akdemir

Ömer Faruk Altay: Sabbatean circles played an important role in the liquidation of the Ottoman order centered on Islam and the Caliphate

Gambling addiction and greed – Taha İnci

İskilipli Atıf Hoca Memorial Tomb and Complex – Mehmet Osmanoğlu

On Al-Shirazi's work, Dustūru'l-Wuzarā – Ömer Faruk Sakin

Salih Mirzabeyoğlu’s storytelling and the fish drowning in water - Betül Deniz

Our "National and Spiritual Values" Remaining in the Shadow of the Curriculum - Eda Topar