Salih Mirzabeyoglu is a fundamentalist idealogue and alleged leader of the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front

Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front

The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front is an Islamic militant organization which follows the Büyük Doğu ideology of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, a well-known Turkish author, poet and Islamist ideologue...

 (IBDA-C), an militant Islamist group present in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. In 1975, he and his friends published a political magazine Gölge (Shadow). Towards the end of the decade, he met Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Necip Fazil Kisakürek

Ahmet Necip Fazıl Kısakürek was a Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher and activist. He is also known with his initials NFK...

and established the IBDA-C. He was arrested in 29 December 1998 for allegedly being the leader of Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front. He was sentenced to death.