Ittihadul Ulema, officially the Union of Islamic Scholars and Schools (Kurdish: Yekîtiya Aliman û Medreseyan; Turkish: Alimler ve Medreseler Birliği) is an Islamic organization active in Turkey, which holds dialogues, and operates various boarding schools and mosques.
Ittihadul Ulema was established in Diyarbakır in 2013, by Enver Kılıçarslan, and began giving education to both male and female students in a very short time.
[2] Although Ittihadul Ulema claims that it has no affiliation with any governments or political groups, Enver Kılıçarslan is a veteran of the Kurdish Hezbollah, and had personally met Hüseyin Velioğlu in Iran in the 1980s.
According to Turkish court documents, Enver Kılıçarslan was sentenced in February 2002 and had served seven years and six months in prison for his Hezbollah membership.
"[5] Ittihadul Ulema condemns nationalists, even Kurdish ones, although they use "Kurdistan" to refer to all Kurdish-majority areas, even inside Turkey.
[7] Ittihadul Ulema also considers scholars like Sheikh Said, Mahmud Barzanji, and Osman Abdulaziz to be role models for anyone who fights for Kurdish rights.