the corispiracy against them, and that - as previously - the aim of the harassment inflicted on him was "to provoke an incident and disturbance.'n9
Following this, the police moved against Risale-i Nur Students in the provinces of Isparta, Kastamonu, Konya, and many other places. Houses were searched, enquiries were made.3o
At the same time, Bediuzzaman was subjected to a series of entirely unlawful raids, assaults, and harassment. It is clear by this "making numerous mountains out of one molehill" that it was leading up to further arrests. On the orders of the Interior Minister, the Govemor of Afyon and Chief of Police came to Emirdag at night with the intention of searching Bediuzzaman's house. On the Public Prosecutor not agreeing, they waited till the moming then appointed two men to break the lock on the door and made a forceable entrance.31 These two officials, that is, the Governor and Police Chief came five times over a period of ten days. On searching Bediuzzaman's house they found nothing, but took his Qur'an and some sheets written in the Arabic script. Two gendaimes were ordered to take Bediuzzaman to the police station. Having failed to anger him by raiding his house, they now tried again to provoke an incident by attempting to make a spectacle of Bediuzzaman by trying forceably to remove his turban and make him wear a hat in public when taking him to give his statement. They again failed. Bediuzzaman wrote:
"Endless thanks be to Almighty God for He bestowed on me a state of mind by which I would have sacrificed my self respect and dignity a thousand times for the unfortunate people of this country, and repulsed calamities from them; I decided to endure what they did and the insults and abuse they intended. I am ready to sacrifice my life and dignity a thousand times over for the security of this nation, and the worldly tranquillity and happiness in the next life of particularly innocent children, respected elderly, and the unfortunate ill and poor..."

28. Bilal, Mustafa, in Son ahiiler, iv, 20. 29. Emirdag Lahikasi, i,156. 30. Tarihçe, 473-4. 31. Emirdag Lahikasi, i, 2?0.