Abdullah Al-Athari

Abdullah Al-Athari or Abdullah Yolcu or Abdullah bin Abdul Hamid bin Abdulmazid al-Ismail al-Bazzaz al-Turkmani al-Athari al-Iraqi is a Turkish Arabic Salafi Islamic scholar and preacher. He was born in 1958 of a Iraqi-Turkish origin. He studied in Islamic University of Madinah and founded Guraba Publication which translates Salafi books into Turkish language.

Life
He began studying Islam at a young age under various scholars. His intellectual development was influenced by Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz ibn Baz and Muhammed ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen.

In 1986 he settled in Istanbul, where he founded the Guraba publishing house in 1992. His primary aim was to promote the teachings of Salafi Islam, firm principles of faith and prophetic education in the spirit of the principles of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'  a to be distributed in Turkish. The Guraba publishing house established itself as the core of Salafist activities in Turkey.Andrew Hammond: Salafi Thought in Turkish Public Discourses since 1980, in: International Journal of Middle East Studies. Vol. 49. No. 3. 2017.

Abdullah Yolcu is a founding member and representative of Turkey in the Association of Muslim Scholars based in Kuwait.

Works
Among the works that he wrote in Arabic and which were later translated into Turkish are treatises such as "Selef-i Salihîn Akidesi" (Principles of Faith of the Pious Ancestors), "The Conditions of Islam", "Tevessül / Legitimate Means for Oneself  "To approach Allah" and "Believe according to the Ehli Sunnet ve'l Cemaat".

His essays are usually written in Arabic, some have been translated into Turkish.

Many of Yolcus' works written in Arabic have been translated into Turkish. Some of them are:
 Selef-i Salihîn Akidesi (Beliefs of the Pious Ancestors)
 The conditions of Islam
 Tevessül / Legitimate means of approaching Allah
 Faith according to the Ehli Sünnet ve'l Cemaat Faith according to the Ehli Sünnet (summary)
 Friendship and enmity according to the Ehli Sünnet ve'l Cemaat
 Islamic perspectives on New Year celebrations
 Islamic perspectives on music and singing
 Polygamy
References

Category:Salafi movement
Category:Preachers
Category:1958 births
Category:Turkish people of Iraqi descent