The Ottoman Hearths are Turkish nationalist, Islamist, Pan-Turkist, and Neo-Ottomanist, to an extent that the Neo-Ottomanism only refers to the preservation and continuation of Ottoman traditions and history, and not harming the Republic of Turkey.

The Ottoman Hearths also view Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as the saviour of the Turkish nation, rather than as the abolisher of the Ottoman Empire, and they often criticise the CHP and accuse them of drifting away from Atatürk's path.

Ottoman Hearths also use the hand symbol made by the Hearth Party, which is identical to the "Che vuoi" gesture and represents bridging the differences between Ottoman and Kemalist eras thru Turkish unity.

[8][9] In 2017, the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) described the Ottoman Hearths as a “pro-government paramilitary organization” and said that the opening of an Ottoman Hearths office in the Netherlands was a “worrying development”.

The NCTV accused the Ottoman Hearths of planning to attack political opponents of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Netherlands.