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ASIA RFA: Where are you from? Where were you born? Can one
wonder how far back your ties with East Turkestan go?
AD NAN OK TAR: I am a sayyid descended from the blessed
Hasan. I am descended from our Prophet (may Allah bless him and
grant him peace). My ancestors moved to the Caucasus at that time.
There was oppression at that time, as you know. They moved to the
Caucasus to save their lives. Then repression started there, as well, and
sayyids began being martyred. They fled during the days of communist
Russia and came to Turkey. My father’s people settled in the Bala district
of Ankara. The Ottoman Empire of the time gave them employment.
MashaAllah, the Ottoman Empire had such a protective nature at that
time, as you know. They later settled in Ankara proper. I was born and
raised in Ankara. I attended middle and high school there. Then I came
to the Findikli Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. I studied for a while in
the Interior Design Department there. Then I transferred to
the Philosophy Department. That was a school with a far
greater communist presence. I transferred there in order

to further my activities. In fact, the Findikli Academy of
Fine Arts was also under the control of the Marxists. I
engaged in intense activities there, as well. I began my
book-writing activities at that time.

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar