Emin Pazarcı: Atatürk was a religious man

Gaziantep Olay TV: February 1^st, 2011

ADNAN OKTAR: Atatürk was a man, who protected the values of the religion, who had a deep love for our Prophet (pbuh), and who had a deep love of Allah. He was like that at the beginning, also he was like that at the end. He has a speech that he made one month before his death. He said that we must be tied to our Prophet(pbuh) and we must be tied to the Qur’an. So, if he is saying this before he died, what does that mean?

He opened İmam Hatip High Schools, he opened the faculties of theology, he founded the Directorate of Religious Affairs, he spoke to Elmalı and he prepared a very beautiful Qur’an Commentary. He had the Buhari-yi Şerif translated. He delivered tens of thousands of Qur'ans to  Anatolia.

A9 TV:  June 10^th, 2013

ADNAN OKTAR: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, he was such a perfect Muslim that, he brought Turkey, the companions’ attitude towards Islam. So he is a free, modern, nice, rational man full of love and affection. How can he be a heretic?

He opened İmam Hatip High Schools, he opened the faculties of theology, he founded the Directorate of Religious Affairs, he spoke to Elmalı and he prepared a very beautiful Qur’an Commentary. He had the Buhari-yi Şerif translated. He delivered tens of thousands of Qur'ans  to  Anatolia, he has given a khutbah at the mosque. He praised Allah, the Qur’an, Islam with love and affection. He is also a man who adores our Prophet (pbuh).

A9 TV: July 30^th, 2013

ADNAN OKTAR:  Haven’t Atatürk opened the İmam Hatip High Schools? Why does an irreligious man open İmam Hatip High Schools? So why did he open the faculties of theology then? Why did he found the Directorate of Religious Affairs then? Why did he have tens of thousands of mosques built in Turkey? Why did he have tens of thousands of Qur’an’s delivered? Why did he invite the hafizs and have them read the Qur’an every night? Why did he make the Commentary of Elmalılı? Why did he have Buhari translated into Turkish? Why did he speak about Allah and of the Prophet(pbuh) vigorously? Why did he mention his love of Allah hundreds of times? Why did he give a khutbah at the mosque? We know Atatürk very well. We love him very much and we are very pleased with Atatürk. He prevailed with modern Muslim attitude and he shut the door to bigotry. Atatürk defended the Islamic Union, he defended the Turkish Islamic Union.

Akşam Newspaper columnist Emin Pazarcı criticized some of the CHP supporters who sees themselves as the supporters of Kemalism and criticized the opening of Marmaray with prayers;  he mentioned that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a religious man, and in 1926 he invited Elmalılı Hamdi Master and asked him to write a commentary called the True Religion, the language of the Qur’an, and he also wrote down the entire procedure between Hamdi Master and the Directorate of Religious Affairs by himself.