Editing Abdullah Yolcu

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'''Abdullah Yolcu''' or '''Abdullah bin Abdul Hamid bin Abdulmazid al-Ismail al-Bazzaz al-Turkmani al-Athari al-Iraqi''' is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] Arabic Salafi Islamic scholar and preacher.<ref>{{cite book |last1=ÖNDER |first1=Kerem |title=GÜNÜMÜZ KUR'AN TAHRİFÇİLERİ |date=2018 |publisher=Kerem Önder |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8jlDwAAQBAJ&dq=abdullah+yolcu&pg=PA281 |accessdate=3 July 2023 |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TURKISH SALAFISM ON TWITTER: SOCIAL NETWORK |url=https://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12623929/index.pdf |accessdate=3 July 2023}}</ref> He was born in 1958 of a Iraqi-Turkish origin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Adnan R. |title=How Turkey became a petri dish for Islamist politics |url=https://macleans.ca/news/world/how-turkey-became-a-petri-dish-for-islamist-politics/ |accessdate=3 July 2023 |work=Macleans |date=28 July 2016}}</ref> He studied in Islamic University of Madinah and founded Guraba Publication which translates Salafi books into Turkish language.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Al-Rasheed |first1=Madawi |title=Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-090174-5 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfhyDwAAQBAJ&dq=abdullah+yolcu&pg=PA158 |accessdate=3 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Life==
He began studying Islam at a young age under various scholars. His intellectual development was influenced by Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz ibn Baz and Muhammed ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Altun |first1=Bekir |title=Tarihsel ve Güncel Boyutlarıyla Selefilik-Vehhabilik ve Türkiye'de Selefilik |date=2022 |publisher=Yeni Balkan Yayınevi |isbn=978-608-4763-89-5 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhl-EAAAQBAJ&dq=abdullah+yolcu&pg=PT31 |accessdate=3 July 2023 |language=tr}}</ref>

In 1986 he settled in Istanbul, where he founded the Guraba publishing house in 1992. His primary aim was to promote the teachings of Salafi Islam, firm principles of faith and prophetic education in the spirit of the principles of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'  a to be distributed in Turkish. The Guraba publishing house established itself as the core of Salafist activities in Turkey.<ref>Andrew Hammond: Salafi Thought in Turkish Public Discourses since 1980, in: International Journal of Middle East Studies. Vol. 49. No. 3. 2017.<!--- s.?---></ref>

Abdullah Yolcu is a founding member and representative of Turkey in the ''Association of Muslim Scholars'' based in Kuwait.

==Works==
Among the works that he wrote in Arabic and which were later translated into Turkish are treatises such as "Selef-i Salihîn Akidesi" (Principles of Faith of the Pious Ancestors), "The Conditions of Islam", "Tevessül / Legitimate Means for Oneself  "To approach Allah" and "Believe according to the Ehli Sunnet ve'l Cemaat".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mandaville |first1=Peter G. |title=Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-753256-0 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6lVEAAAQBAJ&dq=abdullah+yolcu&pg=PA86 |accessdate=3 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

His essays are usually written in Arabic, some have been translated into Turkish.

Many of Yolcus' works written in Arabic have been translated into Turkish. Some of them are:
* Selef-i Salihîn Akidesi (Beliefs of the Pious Ancestors)
* The conditions of Islam
* Tevessül / Legitimate means of approaching Allah
* Faith according to the Ehli Sünnet ve'l Cemaat Faith according to the Ehli Sünnet (summary)
* Friendship and enmity according to the Ehli Sünnet ve'l Cemaat
* Islamic perspectives on New Year celebrations
* Islamic perspectives on music and singing
* Polygamy
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[[Category:Salafi movement]]
[[Category:Preachers]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Turkish people of Iraqi descent]]