Katre International Human Studies Journal

Abstract

There are many similar aspects between Batinis and FETO terrorist organization. Batinis terrorized the Islamic world during the Seljuk period; stood far from Islam on the basis of belief and engaged in deception and threatening when necessary to gain supporters. FETO terrorist organization had the appearance of a religious community since 1970s and later carried different ambitions. This study deals with the overlapping aspects of the invitation methods of the Batinis and those of FETO. It will be seen that Batinis and FETO have many similarities.
The warriors of Hasan Sabbah, following his orders without questioning, infiltrated the Seljuk palace and constantly threatened the Seljuks. When considering the organization of FETÖ and the methods its members follow in finding supporters, they seem to be exactly like the Hashashis. Both organizations show similarities in matters such as keeping secrets, absolute obedience to their leaders, taqiyya, threatening those who oppose them and sometimes murdering them through assassination and ignoring some religious orders and accepting certain harams as permissible.
For FETÖ, whose true intentions revealed in the later years, the analogy of Hashashi caused indignation among the members of the organization, and some Muslims also found it strange. However, some actions like overthrowing the legitimate government and attempting to assassinate the prime minister of Turkey, revealed their intentions in the course of time. Thereafter, in Turkey a number of researches have been done regarding Ismailiyye, Batinis and Hashashis and as a result of these researches, it has turned out that the comparison of FETÖ-Hashashi is accurate and even FETÖ is more dangerous than the previous.