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According to Faik Bulut, what the famous [[Marco Polo]] wrote about [[Order of Assassins]] does not reflect the truth and what he told in his memoirs: {{Quote | [[Hasan Sabbah]] has turned a valley and has never been in it before. had turned it into a garden full of unseen fruits. The most elegant palaces and mansions imaginable were built in it. And there were gutters where wine, milk, honey and water flowed freely. There were many of the world's most beautiful female concubines who could play all kinds of musical instruments well and sing, dance to enchant the beholder, and they believed that the Muslims of these regions were [[Paradise]].}}
According to Faik Bulut, what the famous [[Marco Polo]] wrote about [[Order of Assassins]] does not reflect the truth and what he told in his memoirs: {{Quote | [[Hasan Sabbah]] has turned a valley and has never been in it before. had turned it into a garden full of unseen fruits. The most elegant palaces and mansions imaginable were built in it. And there were gutters where wine, milk, honey and water flowed freely. There were many of the world's most beautiful female concubines who could play all kinds of musical instruments well and sing, dance to enchant the beholder, and they believed that the Muslims of these regions were [[Paradise]].}}
The opinions of other scientists also support him in this regard. According to Bulut, it has been 15 years since [[Alamut Castle]] was destroyed by [[Mongols]] at the time [[Marco Polo]] claimed to have gone there. German archaeologists, who are conducting archaeological excavations in the region, say that they cannot even find the traces of rivers over which honey, milk or wine flows, concubines and virgins roam, and the castle is not large enough to contain all these. So Bulut emphasizes that Polo's writings are only legends he heard from sailors while in prison in Italy. <Ref name = "Marko"> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIGROg2RtA Order of Assassins and Their Secrets ]. </ref> <ref> Bulut, Faik, '' [[Hasan Sabbah]] Truth, '' Berfin Publishing, 2014. </ref>
According to Bulut all of the above claims are a %100 false and the opinions of other scientists also support him in this regard. According to Bulut, it has been 15 years since [[Alamut Castle]] was destroyed by [[Mongols]] at the time [[Marco Polo]] claimed to have gone there. German archaeologists, who are conducting archaeological excavations in the region, say that they cannot even find the traces of rivers over which honey, milk or wine flows, concubines and virgins roam, and the castle is not large enough to contain all these. So Bulut emphasizes that Polo's writings are only legends he heard from sailors while in prison in Italy. <Ref name = "Marko"> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIGROg2RtA Order of Assassins and Their Secrets ]. </ref> <ref> Bulut, Faik, '' [[Hasan Sabbah]] Truth, '' Berfin Publishing, 2014. </ref>


== Journalism ==
== Journalism ==

Revision as of 12:32, 19 September 2020

Faik Bulut, (b. 1950, Kars, Kağızman), is well-known a journalist, historian, writer and political commentator from Turkey, of Kurdish origin. Speaks Turkish, Kurdish, English, Arabic and French. [1] [2]

Biography

After 1971 Turkish military memorandum, he joined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) camps in Lebanon in 1972. Kidnapped by the Israeli military via an operation carried out in these camps was put in prison in Israel, in February 1973. After his release, he returned to Turkey in 1980 after being imprisoned 7 years and 2 months. He started journalism in 1985. [3] [4] [5] [2]

Views on Marco Polo

According to Faik Bulut, what the famous Marco Polo wrote about Order of Assassins does not reflect the truth and what he told in his memoirs:

Hasan Sabbah has turned a valley and has never been in it before. had turned it into a garden full of unseen fruits. The most elegant palaces and mansions imaginable were built in it. And there were gutters where wine, milk, honey and water flowed freely. There were many of the world's most beautiful female concubines who could play all kinds of musical instruments well and sing, dance to enchant the beholder, and they believed that the Muslims of these regions were Paradise.

According to Bulut all of the above claims are a %100 false and the opinions of other scientists also support him in this regard. According to Bulut, it has been 15 years since Alamut Castle was destroyed by Mongols at the time Marco Polo claimed to have gone there. German archaeologists, who are conducting archaeological excavations in the region, say that they cannot even find the traces of rivers over which honey, milk or wine flows, concubines and virgins roam, and the castle is not large enough to contain all these. So Bulut emphasizes that Polo's writings are only legends he heard from sailors while in prison in Italy. [6] [7]

Journalism

As a journalist and political commentator, he has been publishing articles, participating interviews, attending TV & Radio shows, such as CNN, BBC, The Independent Turkish, DW, referenced by many authors and post graduation thesis in Turkey and globally. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Published Books

Faik Bulut researches on Alevism, Kurds, Palestine State and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Ottoman Empire, Middle East and Islamic History, Islamic Organizations, Secularism, History, Politics, Culture etc. He has authored nearly 40 books and numerous articles on these subjects. [2] [14]


Alevism History

  1. Alevism without Ali, Berfin Publishing, 2011
  2. Hasan Sabbah Truth and Equalist Dervishan Republics, Berfin Publishing, 2014
  3. Islamic Communists: (Qarmatians)
  4. Abu Muslim Khorasani
  5. Whose Dormitory is Khorasan ?
  6. How We Come From Khorasan: Road Story of Alevis, 2019


Middle East

  1. Fading Colors of the Middle East (Yazidis, Circassians, Bedouins, Nusayris)
  2. Palestine Dream (Memoir)
  3. Palestine Intifada Lessons
  4. Sharia In The Shadow Algeria
  5. Iraq Invasion from Arab's Eyes


Kurds

  1. From the Eyes of the State Kurdish Revolts
  2. Kurds in the Turkish Press
  3. Seeking a Solution to the Kurdish Question
  4. Dersim Reports
  5. Three Rebellions in a Narrow Triangle: Ethnic Conflicts in Kurdistan
  6. Kurdish Diplomacy (2 volumes)
  7. History of the Kurdish Language
  8. From the Pen of Ahmede Xane: The Unknown World of the Kurds (Second place in the 1995 Musa Anter Research Award)


Islamic and Islamic Organizations

  1. Democracy in the State of Allah: A Critique of the Sharia Order (1993 Turan Dursun Research Award)
  2. Islamist Organizations (3 volumes)
  3. Turkish Army and Religion: Islamist Activities in the Eyes of the State (1826 - 2007)
  4. Code Name: Hezbollah
  5. Who is this Fethullah Gülen?
  6. Sect The Rise of His Capital 1: Criticism of Islamic Economy
  7. Sect Rise of Sect Capital 2: Where To Cult Capital
  8. Secrets of Al-Qaeda
  9. Religion, Nationalism and Women Debates in Committee of Union and Progress (2 volumes)
  10. Islam in the Global Age 1 (West and Secularism), Cumhuriyet Books
  11. Islam in the Global Age 2 (Woman and Hijab), Cumhuriyet Books
  12. Islam in the Global Age 3 (Sharia and Politics), Cumhuriyet Books
  13. Sexual Spells in Islam

See also

References

  1. ^ https://korkitap.com/book-author/faik-bulut/
  2. ^ a b c https://www.idefix.com/Yazar/faik-bulut/s=218381
  3. ^ Palestine Dream, Faik Bulut
  4. ^ Yalçın, Soner (2014-08-03). "Filistin'in devrimci Türk fedaileri" [Palestine's revolutionary heavy brigades from Turkey] (in Turkish).
  5. ^ Yalçın, Soner (2009-01-04). "İsrail saldırısında sekiz Türk devrimci can verdi" [8 Turkish Revolutionary had been killed during Israeli Raid] (in Turkish).
  6. ^ Order of Assassins and Their Secrets .
  7. ^ Bulut, Faik, Hasan Sabbah Truth, Berfin Publishing, 2014.
  8. ^ https://www.indyturk.com/article-author/faik-bulut (in Turkish)
  9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3227320.stm
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkish/news/story/2006/08/060808_saudiking_turkey.shtml
  11. ^ https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=wEih57-GWQQC&pg=PA622&lpg=PA622&dq=faik+bulut&source=bl&ots=15RJb3SwXb&sig=ACfU3U38uxlcj4bwjL0_lPNlQNVrRRkhCw&hl=tr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfjNjBl_XrAhVzsHEKHW4RDRw4KBDoATAFegQICBAB#v=snippet&q=faik%20bulut&f=false
  12. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/25/i_ins.00.html
  13. ^ https://www.dw.com/tr/avrupadaki-ter%C3%B6r-tehdidi-ciddi/a-2669356
  14. ^ http://www.insanokur.org/esitlikci-dervisan-cumhuriyetleri-ve-hasan-sabbah-gercegi-faik-bulut/
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