Halil Konakcı

Halil Konakcı is a Turkish preacher (vaiz) of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) whose recorded mosque sermons circulate nationally on the platforms: in vidIQ's statistics of late October 2026, the channel "Dini Sohbetler" — a distribution channel built around his sermons, not a channel shown to be his own — counted 206,000 subscribers and 38.61 million total views across 1,751 videos. ¹ The channel's most-viewed videos are his sermons, the highest at 2.14 million views. ¹

Konakcı is a Diyanet vaiz whose sermons, delivered in mosques, are recorded and circulated nationwide through distribution channels on YouTube; it is that circulation which has made his name a familiar one in the Turkish national press. ^{2 1} His personal handle, given in his own video descriptions, is @1allahinkulu; no verified follower count for it was found in the pages read in this wave, so no personal figure is stated for him in this record. ¹

The Presidency of Religious Affairs opened an administrative investigation into Konakcı in February 2025 over public statements of his, among them his remarks on Hatay after the 6 February earthquakes and statements on secularism, Atatürk and women; a Diyanet deputy head said in July 2026 that the investigation was still continuing, according to Gazete Pencere's report. ² Despite it, the Söke District Muftiate invited him to address a conference on 3 October 2026 titled "Dinin Rehberleri İnsanlığın Umududur" ("The Guides of Religion Are Humanity's Hope"). ² The same report quotes a sermon passage in which he invokes the "ehli sünnet" (Ahl al-Sunnah) creed; a single quoted line in one report does not by itself settle a school for him. The investigation is recorded here as a reported administrative process, not as a finding, and not as the museum's verdict.

Konakcı's public reach is measured here by what is documented: the figures of the "Dini Sohbetler" distribution channel (206,000 subscribers and 38.61 million views, October 2026), which are a channel's figures and not his personal ones, and his standing as a recurring subject of the Turkish national press — a reported Diyanet investigation and an official muftiate invitation running side by side. ^{1 2}

• Gazete Pencere report (2 October 2026) on the continuing Diyanet investigation and the Söke Muftiate invitation. ²
• vidIQ statistics page for the "Dini Sohbetler" channel, read on 4 November 2026 (statistics dated 26–27 October 2026). ¹