Metin Metiner’s courageous move

Hats off to those kinds of people.

Hasan Cemal was the first person to show this kind of courage many years ago. He wrote a very nice book about what was experienced in the left wing of this country and how this side of the political spectrum was aiming to save the country with a leftist revolution.

Recently, Mehmet Metiner, a well known name from the right wing, courageously told his story in his book called, "Yemyesil Seriat, Bembeyaz Demokrasi" Evergreen Shariah, all white democracy.

This book carries more importance than portraying the personality and thoughts of Metiner as it gives detailed information about Turkey between 1960 and 1990. We, who are called seculars or White Turks by other circles, neglected them. We underestimated them because they were the religious circle of this country. But Metiner’s book reveals that we were ignorant as well as happy go lucky.

This book analyzing the political and sociological aspects of three decades of Turkey, opens the door to a world we are not aware of. It explains Islamist thought, their similarities with the Taliban and most importantly of all how their lives are different from the "others."

I have never read a book that portrays the world of Islamists in such a brave way. I learned a lot of things and I felt ashamed for not learning the depths of such a huge part of the country.

If you want to learn about the 30-year history of the organization of the Islamist circles, how they lived, what they thought and how they played the role of religious gendarme of society.

If you want to learn about the Kurdish problem; the difference between nationalist and religious Kurds and the transition of Kurds,

You must read Mehmet Metiner’s book.

Now, we are awaiting a similiar type of book as Hasan Cemal’s and Metin Metiner’s from a well known name amongst the Kurds. Be brave and don’t be afraid of Apo or others and tell us the truth. Show the similar courage as Mehmet and Hasan.