ACCORDING TO NURETTIN TOPCU A MORAL ARCHETYPE: MILLAT MYSTIC

Abstract

The millat/nation mystic is the man of responsibility who sacrifices his life for the existence of his/her millat. It is not possible to distinguish between what s/he is and what s/he thinks, this is to disconnect his/her actions from his/her words. The doctrine s/he adhered to, had been frozen and took shape in his/her thoughts, words and movements, and had become a way of living and even a condition of existence. In other words, his/her thoughts and beliefs permeated and transformed him/her like the fire penetrating iron. So his/her actions that adjusted to infinity are for the realization of what s/he knows right and not directed to provide a worldly interest. Due to the fact that s/he cares about the universal good, beauty and truth, does not act like a realist making subtle calculations to protect his interests. Because a millat mystic puts the doctrine to which s/he is attached at the center of his/her life, unlike realists who put benefit and self-interest at the center of life.

In addition, a millat mystic, like the community man, does not want life to be determined in all its details. Because this situation does not allow creativity and innovation in life. The mercy of the millat mystic, for example, against every being exposed to injustice or persecution, drags him/her to the movements that destroy him/her. This kind of moral movement is not found in the community men that submissiveness prevails over their existence. The greatest ideal of the community man is to develop the ability to benefit from events and coincidences. Whereas, for the millat mystic the goal of life is to surpass himself/herself, using his/her own creative powers and abilities, without moving away from its spiritual resources, to move towards infinity by rebelling against people who always try to satisfy their own interests and ambitions and in this process to embody the numenal realities such as wisdom, justice, compassion, qudrat/power, responsibility, self sacrifice, altruism in a phenomenal context.