Page 229 - Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed

Adnan Harun Yahya

The education system of Abdul Hamid II's reign raised many material-

ists that worked to disseminate the lie of evolution. Some of them, and some
from the years that followed, and their anti-Islamic views can be listed as fol-

lows:

Ahmed Midhat Efendi: One of the first defenders of the theory of evo-

lution in the Ottoman Empire. Despite being previously removed from his
duties by Sultan Abdülaziz, he was invited back to Istanbul when Abdul

Hamid II ascended to the throne. Abdul Hamid II ordered him to found the
newspaper Tercüman-ı Hakikat (Interpreter of Truths), which became the se-

mi-official publication of the Palace. The newspaper was published until 1921,
with famous Darwinist writers of the time like Ahmed Cevdet and Ahmed

Rasim as its regular columnists. Abdul Hamid II also appointed Ahmed Mid-
hat as the director of the State Publishing House.

Some of the titles of Ahmed Midhat Efendi's pieces were, "Adem ve

Orangutan" (Adam and Orangutan), "Hayvanatın Hissi" (Feelings of Ani-
mals), "İnsan Tenha Yaşasa Ne Olur" (What Would Happen if Humans Lived

Alone). The last-mentioned piece claimed that humans had a completely an-
imalistic past and that they supposedly evolved in time to reach their current

state in addition to other outlandish notions, such as if a human baby lived
among animals, he would have behaved like an animal.

Another piece by Ahmed Midhat, "Dünyada İnsanın Zuhuru" (The Ap-

pearance of Man on Earth) which was taught in schools, started with the fol-

lowing sentence: 'Since humans are sort of animals, of course we are curious
how they might have come into being in this world'. The article was full of
Darwinist tales.

Another article by Ahmed Midhat entitled "İntikam" (Revenge) - once
again taught in schools - wrongly claimed that violence was a part of human

nature; in other words, he was promoting social Darwinism:

Revenge is a sort of justice, is a violent justice. … Then how do we know that
the evil behavior, a part of our nature, will harm us?