Original sentence: Corry Guttstadt mentioned: "His Turkism was based on ties of blood and race; he advocated a return to pre-Islamic Turkish beliefs.He was claimed to be a sympathizer of the Nazi government, Despite the resemblances Atsız had with Adolf Hitler, he denied these claims as he started to publish his ideas even before Hitler was well-known in Turkey.In the Orhun, Atsız wrote in support for the establishment of a Greater Turkish Empire spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean
Edited sentence: Despite the resemblances Atsız had with Adolf Hitler, he denied these claims as he started to publish his ideas even before Hitler was well-known in Turkey.From 1934 onward, Atsiz published the Turanist journal Orhun, in which he advocated a Greater Turkish Empire extending from the Mediterranean to the Pacific.He called himself a 'racist, pan-Turkist and Turanist', and was an open anti-Semite.He was claimed to be a sympathizer of the Nazi government.His Turkism was based on ties of blood and race; he advocated a return to pre-Islamic Turkish beliefs.Scholar Corry Guttstadt describes Atsız as a "Turkish apologist for German Nazism", she says: "Nihal Atsiz was an avid Nazi sympathizer