The Raiders Organization (Turkish: Akıncılar Derneği) is an Islamist sociopolitical group active in Turkey.
It was founded in Ankara on December 12, 1975, by a group of university students under the leadership of Tevfik Rıza Çavuşoğlu, with the goal of turning Turkey into an Islamic state.
Later, the Ankara Martial Law Command closed the Raiders Organisation, although it continued to defy all closures by operating underground and through rebranded organizations.
[3] Unlike the Raiders, the Kurdish Hezbollah wanted to achieve its goals with violence, and made takfir, and were much stricter.
The Raiders' ideology is Millî Görüş, Pan-Islamism, Anti-communism, Anti-fascism, and Anti-Salafism.
[6][7] The Raiders oppose Turkish nationalism and advocate for mild patriotism, to an extent that it does not cause hatred between people.
[11] In 1977, a Raider had also threatened an Idealist shop owner on the street by saying "have you ever tasted a Muslim bullet?".