Supporters of the 'Ülkücü' movement are often referred to as 'Grey Wolves' (' Bozkurtlar'). The assumed cultural and religious superiority is expressed in the exaggeration of Turkish identity and results in a degradation of other ethnic groups who are declared 'enemies of Turkishness.' The symbol and best-known identifier of the 'Ülkücü' movement is the 'grey wolf' (' Bozkurt') and the so-called wolf salute derived from it, in which the fingers of the right hand on the outstretched arm shape the head of a wolf. "The 'Ülkücü' movement regards the Turkish nation as the highest value both politically, territorially, ethnically and culturally. Depending on the ideological reading, these extend from the Balkans to western China or Japan. The country of 'Turan' would incorporate the settlement areas of all Turkic peoples.
'Ülkücü' followers consider the ideal idea to be the establishment of 'Turan' - an ethnically homogeneous state of all Turkic peoples under leadership of the Turks. The aim of the movement is to defend and strengthen Turkish citizenship. The ideological spectrum of the movement ranges from neo-pagan elements to nationalist Kemalism to the fringes of Islamism. It is based on a nationalist, anti-Semitic and racist right-wing extremist ideology, the roots of which lie in Pan-Turkism and Turanism. "The Turkish right-wing extremist 'Ülkücü' movement ('idealist' movement) emerged in Turkey in the middle of the 20th century. Germany's annual intelligence report, unveiled on June 15, elaborates: This is five times more than the number of members (3,500) of Germany's neo-Nazi party, the National Democratic Party of Germany ( Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD).įollowers of the Grey Wolves carry out intelligence-gathering operations for the Turkish government, and have murdered, assaulted and intimidated critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Germany. The German Parliament and other federal agencies estimate that the true number Grey Wolves in Germany is above 18,000. The Turkish neo-fascist movement Ülkücü (Turkish for "Idealists") - popularly known as Grey Wolves - now has at least 11,000 active members in Germany, according to the new annual report ( Verfassungsschutzbericht 2020) by Germany's domestic intelligence agency ( Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, BfV).
In fact, the largest far-right extremist group in Germany is Turkish, not German, according to a new intelligence report on domestic threats to Germany's constitutional order. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Īs German federal elections approach on September 26, the candidates hoping to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel are reiterating the need to thwart far-right extremism, particularly neo-Nazism, in Germany. One man in the photo is giving the hand sign of the Grey Wolves organization. Pictured: Turks in Berlin, Germany wave flags at a demonstration in support of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on July 15, 2017. Why can Merkel - and Germany - criticize Trump and the USA, but not publicly and unequivocally put Erdoğan in his place?" - CDU politician Ali Ertan Toprak, Tichys Einblick. One is not working here on integration, not even on a parallel society, but quite obviously on a counter-society. He says this openly at every opportunity. "Erdoğan despises the West and Western values. "So, the CDU is in reality working with the right-wing extremist Grey Wolves, although it preaches that right-wing extremism is the greatest danger in Germany." - Zara Riffler, Tichys Einblick. "Supporters of the 'Grey Wolves' are responsible for a large number of murders of political opponents and members of minorities in Turkey and abroad." - Die Linke, Parliamentary Resolution, November 2020. The Grey Wolves also want to establish a new world order based on Islam that is led by Turkey they are opposed to the assimilation or integration of Turkish immigrants into Western society. The objective of the Grey Wolves is to unify all the Turkish peoples into a single country called Turan whose territory would stretch from Europe to China. It is anti-Christian and anti-Jewish, as well as anti-American, anti-Armenian, anti-Kurdish and anti-Greek.
The ideology underpinning the Grey Wolves movement is a Turkish version of Aryanism and sets itself in opposition to anyone who is not Turkish or Sunni Islamic. This is five times more than the number of members (3,500) of Germany's neo-Nazi party.
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