Defenses (Small Size)

Throughout history, people from all classes who have struggled for rights, justice and freedom have encountered these practices and made immortal defenses. In our history, there is Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, who is still alive in our memories. Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, the hero of the chain of defenses scattered throughout his life, made his first defense to the court committee consisting of pashas and officers at the Divan-ı Harb-i Örfi, a military court established in the central building of today's Istanbul University, after the famous March 31 Incident that broke out in 1909. does it against. Just like in the defense of the famous philosopher Socrates, who was tried in ancient Greece before Christ, he lists these virtuous and indispensable behaviors and thoughts one by one against those who consider the virtues and behaviors that every thinking person should have as murder, and brings the court panel to their knees in a perfect logical pattern. It was like he was smoking.

An important feature observed in Bediüzzaman Said Nursi 's defenses is as follows: giving a message along with the defense, influencing the court panel by using legal language and legal logic, re-announcing the truths of the Qur'an in defense, and emphasizing that, above all, personal freedom must be guaranteed. …

All these features we have mentioned make it necessary to read the Master's defenses carefully again and take lessons from them. It will be enough to read the book Defenses in your hand step by step to determine to what extent the "School of Nur Wisdom", in the Master's original words, has contributed to the struggle for freedom of thought in Turkey.