::Nihal Atsız is a self-declared racist. In his essay İçimizdeki Şeytanlar (Devils Inside Us), which was written as a respond to the novel İçimizdeki Şeytan (The Devil Inside Us) by Turkish writer Sabahattin Ali, he explicitly states that he is a racist and proud of it. He says: 
 :::Ben de ırkçı, Türkçü ve Turancı olduğum için – Evet, övünerek söylüyorum ve tekrar ediyorum: Irkçı, Türkçü ve Turancı olduğum için - Sabahattin Ali’nin itiraflarına cevap vermek lüzumunu duyuyorum. 
 ::It can be translated as: 
 :::I deem it necessary to respond the confessions (or [more likely] 'libels', which is in spelling similar to 'confessions' in Turkish, possibly a typo) of Sabahattin Ali, since I am a racist, Turkist and Turanist - yes, I say it proudly and I repeat it, since I am a racist, Turkist and Turanist. 
 ::The essay can be found at nihalatsiz.org (It can only be accessed through Web Archive, since the website had to close down after it had been banned by Turkish courts due to racist content) in Turkish. I am unaware of any English translation. 
 ::Let me also note that all his life and works are consistent with this quote, and therefore, I believe that the aforementioned edit which was reversed was accurate.