Page 481 - Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed

Adnan Harun Yahya

ernments which they lead a thousand or fifteen hundred years ago a real na-

tional life and prosperity, and had a sense of their place and mission in the world
which they have lost under the desolating tyranny that has brooded over them

for the last six centuries." Very conveniently, he maintained that Britain should
extend help to those ancient civilizations so that they could regain their free-

dom. The British deep state claimed that once Istanbul was occupied, the so-
called 'unjust' policies would come to an end. British newspapers kept claim-

ing that Istanbul wasn't the national capital of the Turks and that a majority
of the population was non-Muslim. However, according to the census of

1919, 67% of the residents of Istanbul were Muslims. The number had been
higher, but most Muslims had already been martyred in the Balkan wars and

WWI that closely followed it.

Contrary to the rumors the British deep state sought to spread, minori-

ty policies of the Ottoman Empire were impressively liberal and generous. The
Ottoman Empire had protected minority rights for 600 years and minorities

lived as important parts of the Ottoman nation. As a matter of fact, the mem-
bers of the minority communities had no trouble ascending the social ladder

to achieve administrative positions. Most were engaged in art and commerce
and had lived relatively affluent lives in the most beautiful parts of Istanbul

and the Ottoman lands in general, and they enjoyed robust support from the
Ottoman government. Even after the breakup of the Empire, they continued

their presence in Turkey and offered their support for the new Turkish state.
The rumors that were spread regarding the minorities were nothing other

than black propaganda. Even some of the British spies that came to Istanbul
during those years to gather intelligence later admitted that Turkish minor-

ity policies were admirable.

Nevertheless, the British deep state continued to spread its black propa-
ganda using the minorities as it was convinced that false claims of 'persecut-

ed groups, faiths' would be an effective leverage for influence. They were
right. The occupation policies of the British deep state found support in some

minority representatives. The Greek Patriarch of Istanbul stated in a letter sent
to the Paris Peace Conference that the Question of the East (the plan to break

apart the Ottoman Empire) would never be solved until Istanbul was Greek
again.