Oh, sometimes I really really love to drink a cup of hot coffee and maybe eat something sweet together with it. So when my mum baked her famous vegan chocolate cake for us, I couldn’t resist to eat a piece of cake with a hot vanilla soy milk coffee as breakfast the next day. Sooo yummy… And yes I know, I shouldn’t drink too much coffee, but once in a while the sweet taste of the...
Demokratik toplum, konfederalizm ve Medine Sözleşmesi
Hz.Muhammed Medine’ye geldiği zaman üç grup insanla karşılaştı. Birinci gurup Mekke’den gelen göçmenler (muhacir) ve yerli Medinelilerden (ensar) oluşan Müslümanlardı. Medine’de iki büyük kabile vardı; Evs ve Hazreç. Medineli yerli Müslümanlar daha çok bu kabilelere mensuptular. Hazreçliler Evslilere nazaran daha kalabalıktı. İkinci grup insanlar yine Evs ve Hazreçlilere mensup yerli putperest ve...
Meeting with Charles Eisenstein
Suvunma ve Mahkeme kararı
ANKARA 23. ASLİYE HUKUK MAHKEMESİ’NE DOSYA NO : 2013/345 DAVALI : R. İHSAN ELİAÇIK VEKİLİ : AV.E.FIRAT KUYURTAR DAVACI : R. TAYYİP ERDOĞAN VEKİLİ : AV. ALİ ÖZKAYA KONU : Süresi içinde cevap dilekçemizin sunulması hakkındadır. AÇIKLAMALAR I . CEVAP DİLEKÇESİ VE SÜRE UZATIM KARARI Sayın Mahkemeye müvekkilim tarafından sunulan 24.07.2013 tarihinde sunulan ve kısmen cevapların sunulduğu...
The Koran and Social Justice – Interview with Qantara.de
Ihsan Eliacik is the first proponent of an “Islamic socialism” in Turkey. In his teachings, he criticises the neo-liberal policies of the AKP and calls for a socialist reading of the Koran. Interview by Ceyda Nurtsch You and your group, the Anti-Capitalist Muslims, were on the frontline during the Gezi Park protests in the summer of 2013. During Ramadan, you organised open-air iftars...
Kur’an’da Lanet Var Mı?
Kur’an’da “lanet”kelimesi 26 yerde geçer. Bunları tek tek incelediğimizde “ davranış” ile ilgili olduğu görülür: Ayetleri gizleyenler (2/159), yalan söyleyenler (3/61), zalimlik edenler (3/87, 7/44), cumartesi yasağına riayet etmeyenler (4/47), put ve tağutları destekleyerek “Bunlar müminlerden daha doğru yoldalar” diyenler (4/51-52), sözünden dönenler ve Allah’ın kelimelerini orijinalinden...
The Gezi Spirit and Its Impacts: Recent Developments in Turkey – CEFTUS
Centre for Turkey Studies and SOAS Kurdish Society Joint Forum ‘The Gezi Spirit and Its Impacts: Recent Developments in Turkey’ 19th December 2013 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Speaker: Mr Ihsan Eliacik, thinker and author Co-chairs: Sara Whyatt, a consultant, specialising on freedom of expression in Turkey and Dr Omer...
KRT/BDB/TEKVIR-ALA-LEYL SURELERİ (6 ARALIK 2013)
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‘Allah, Bread and Freedom: The Anti-Capitalist Muslims and the Crises of Political Islam in Turkey’
Article – Ivo Furman “One day, a man of religion wished in a prayer to God that he wanted to see heaven and hell. The same day, God sent an angel to the man to tell him that his wish was granted. The angel took the man by the arm to a salon in a faraway land. In the salon, the man saw a long table laden with delicious food. Around the table he could see thin, unhealthy people getting ready to eat...
Strolling Around Tokyo
Tokyo is such an amazing city and we always wanted to visit it. Last year we finally had the time and the money for a trip to Japan and we started our trip with five days in Tokyo. Of course five days are way too short and we could only catch a glimpse of the city during our stay. But we loved every minute of it and we already dreaming of coming back one day. We stayed in a lovely little hotel...