Bese Hozat has claimed that Al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are "instruments created by the capitalist system."[1] Hozat blames the Baathists, the United States, Israel, and the UK for empowering radical fanatic Sunni Islamic groups in order to control the dominant Shia majority in the region after the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.[7] Hozat also blames Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia for allowing radical Sunni groups to flourish. Along with this, Hozat accused the AKP of collaboration with ISIL and criticised it for trying to dismantle secularism in Turkey.[2]