Adnan Oktar A9 TV; June 30th, 2017

Democratic rights and freedoms in Turkey are much better compared to other countries and are getting even better.

I am not a prejudiced person: I never stray away from the line of the Qur’an, justice, mercy and compassion.

It is not nice to object to everything. A bad temper stems from lack of love.

Providing that it is legitimate, all protests, marches and rallies are favorable in terms of showing the prosperity of democracy in Turkey.

The strong voice of the opposition shows that democracy works perfectly well in Turkey.

There is a serious attack against Turkey at the moment and the Turkish state is protecting herself while painstakingly striving to protect democracy.

Demanding “an opportunity to divide Turkey” is not democracy.

Love and trust are the prerequisites for the Islamic Union. Islamic Union means the prevalence of an immaculate justice, cooperation, watching over one another, friendship, companionship, mercy, quality and beauty.

Democratic displays and protests are the rights of every citizen but vandalism or attacking security officers is unacceptable. A society that talks, discusses, opposes the things they dislike and defends their different opinions is a beautiful society. But violence is never acceptable as a method.

Turkey must become the most modern and most democratic country of the highest quality as soon as possible. Only then will the anti-Turkey movement disappear.

One other good aspect of our activities is that we have an understanding that conciliates the conservative part of the society with the secular part. There is a lack of communication between these two parts that is being used by those who want to dissociate the society. Many examples of these have been experienced in the past. Our activities are of crucial importance to avoid experiencing similar incidents again. Both parts are the children of this country, both sides are valuable. When there is a rigid understanding, it would not be possible for the conservative part to reach people who live by the shores, to the secular ones. Both sides continue their lives among themselves. By explaining the fact that the Qur’an brings democracy, secularity and freedom, we remove the prejudices of both parties. But it seems as though some bigots are determined to divide society, so we are trying to correct this. We will insha’Allah live together as brothers with love.

Unity of society is important. There is bound to be opposition, there should be an environment in which everyone would be able to voice their criticisms and the other side should be allowed to respond to these criticisms; all these are perfectly natural. But striving to prevent any damage on the spirit of brotherhood during such difficult times of Turkey is of crucial importance. That is why we need to keep the language used as calm as possible and be even-tempered.

Opposition is necessary for progress and development. But it is important to be constructive and positive at all times.

God does not tolerate injustice. Believers therefore, have complete trust in God.

People all around the world long for freedom, justice, love and brotherhood. They are, in truth, longing for the Mahdi movement.

We don't want any dissident voices to be silenced. An abundance of dissident voices is the beauty of democracy.

The Mahdi will not be a political leader. The Mahdi will be a leader who teaches love and ensures justice.

Turkey should act in unity. This period we are going through necessitates the government and opposition parties to act as one.

The most effective solution to a military coup is a political attitude embracing people from all segments of thought without excluding anyone.

Having a strong opposition shows that Turkey has democracy. Therefore our brothers should not be bothered with opposition.

Laws should be based on a combination of reason and conscience. Purely technical laws with no room for conscience cannot ensure justice.

Everything happens in the way God wills. Oppressors will be defeated. Justice will be served.

The goal of the Mahdi movement is love, compassion and justice.

A believer considers serving Islam as a blessing but hypocrites don’t want to serve Islam. They follow their own evil religious law. Living alone, being stingy and feckless, leading an aimless, vain life, any act of moral turpitude and lying are all acceptable in the evil religious understanding of hypocrites.

A believer could never understand the spirit of a hypocrite or an unbeliever. It is a way of life that believers do not know and would never understand.