Yükseliş

Yükseliş flag

Yükseliş seal

### Country

Primarily Turkey, also includes Greece, Italy, Germany, and other countries of the Mediterranean region

### Type

Political movement, terrorist organization, Anarchists

### Engagements

World War III

**Yükseliş** (English: The Ascendancy) has had a mixed bag reputation. To some, they are a religious cult. To others, they are a terrorist organization. To their supports, they are an activist movement seeking to bring forth a "spiritual revolution" on Earth.

## Overview and Ideology

The Ascendancy is an anarchist group and (according to some people) a religious cult that is based in Turkey, though in recent years it has opened up other chapters worldwide. It claims to be working towards peace but actively sows discord and violence in an attempt to bring “peace” and “freedom” to all.

The Ascendancy’s ideology is a strange mishmash of Christianity, Islam and various Anarchist schools of thought. They believe that humanity must be regenerated but the only way to bring about a spiritual regeneration is through physical acts of violence. They cite John 3:3 as a common support for this view.

“Jesus answered and said unto him, ‘Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’” (John 3:3).

The Ascendancy interprets this passage as Jesus commanding His followers to commit acts of violence as part of their spiritual regeneration as an act of “rebellion” against society, which they see as the “Old Order”. Jesus’ command in John 3:3, according to the Ascendancy, does not just refer to a spiritual regeneration but a physical rebellion, an overthrow of the sinful “Old World” to bring about the Kingdom of God, which the Ascendancy refers to as “the New World Order.”

Other passages interpreted by the Ascendancy as supports for their violent acts include Ephesians 5:11 and the 9th chapter of the Islamic Qu’ran, which reads:

“Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (Qu’ran 9:5, Pickthall Translation).

The Ascendancy views Jesus Christ not just as the Son of God, but as “the Ascendant”, the “Final Heir” to God’s Kingdom. As support for this, they point to various passages warning Christians to be on the watch for Christ’s return.

The various passages warning of the imminence of Jesus Christ’s return, according to the Ascendancy, paint a picture of God appointing Jesus as the Final Heir to His throne but in the wake of Jesus Christ’s physical absence, sinful humanity started attempting to “dethrone” Christ through the promotion of ungodly ideologies. The Ascendancy believes Jesus is calling people to “take back His Kingdom” by waging war against the Old Order so that Christ can establish His “New World Order” on Earth.

## Weapons and equipment

### Small arms

* G36C
* SCAR-L
* ACR
* TAR-21
* FAMAS
* F2000
* SCAR-H
* M4A1
* PKP Pecheneg
* M40A5
* Skorpion
* PP-19 Bizon
* PP-19-01
* L115A3
* MK14 Mod 0

### Vehicles

* Mi-8
* Mi-24 Hind
* Mi-28
* GAZ-2975
* Humvee
* Technical
* UH-60 Black Hawk
* AH-6 Little Bird
* AH-1 SuperCobra
* DC-9
* Buggy
* LAV III
* Troller T4
* Military Truck
* Terradyne Gurkha LAPV