Abstract:

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi is a wise and reformer who was influenced by the political, social, intellectual and educational conditions of the Ottoman Empire, and expressed his views on these issues. Seeing that the Ottoman state could collapse, he warned Sultan Abdulhamid and his government and demanded that necessary reforms be announced. It is possible to summarize Nursi's basic demands under the following headings: 1. Correcting the neglected socio-political conditions in Kurdish geography and establishing a university called "Medrasa al-Zahra" where religious knowledge and positive sciences will be taught. 2. To abandon tyranny in the name of Islam and to declare a freedom according to Islamic law. 3. Turning Yıldız Palace into an Islamic university and returning the gold and foreign currency in European banks to the state. 4. The Ottoman state's adoption of a form of government in the style of "United Islamic Republics" and every nation establish a government and parliament in each they use their language. Although these demands of Nursi were not implemented at that time, they still attract attention and are adopted by a wide audience.

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