On the evening of Septembre 15, millions of people thought
that a amateour mise-en-scéne which is a look-a-like of a coup d’etat had
set-up by Erdogan himself in the beginning. The common opinion was that this
clowning was resembeling Hitler’s Reichtag. However in a couple of hours, this
opinion of the millions seemed to be diverted into another direction, what
Erdogan wanted them to belive in. From that moment onwards; many
liberals, democrats, social democrats, even leftists and millions of ordinary
people of Turkey and the planet started to beleive that Gülen was behind the
curtain of this coup d’etat look-a-like clowning. Consequently, on perception management of the mass, Erdogan was once
again triumphant. He diabolically consolidated not only his followers but also the
mass media of the World and even his opponents around the idea of that he is fighting for “higher democracy”
against the real satan living in Philedelphia.
As
Turkish people has only a capacity of memory, not more than a fish does have. I
need to recall some of Erdogan’s false commitments for a brief undestanding for
what is really happening in Turkey. Erdogan, in the very first years of his
regime, gave a hope to the local liberal, liberten, democrat, leftist or in
other words -so-called- “brandly new generated opinion leaders” of Turkey that
he is going to bring real democracy to the country and he is going to make
Europian Union’s irreplaceable rules on human rights to come true on every
aspect. A few people like me did not belive in one single word of his
commitments those days however local and international public opinion was
insulting us of being prejudice and old-fashioned Kemalist laics and
white-collared Turks. According to those so-called “brandly new generated
opinion leaders”, Atatürk’s reforms had caused all of the anti-democratic
developments in the history of young Republic.
However
things turned out in a way that Erdogan did not improve any critical law by
means of democracy but, year by year he pushed his autheratian regime into
daily life of the country. Consequently, on 12th of Septembre 2011, the
liberal, liberten, democrat, leftist or in other words -so-called- “brandly new
generated opinion leaders”, with a slogan of -not enough, but yes- supported Erdogan’s
eager to change the constitution and consequently the devil had the chance to
take over all of the law mechanisms which should stricly be independant. A few
people claimed that he is going to captive the independent law constitutions
under his control and he is going to create an imbalance among the three
essential power of democracy but they lost. They were accused by local and
international public opinion as being prejudice and old-fashioned Kemalist
laics and white-collared Turks, once again.
However,
Erdogan, with a neckbreaking speed and violance showed his real face during the
Taxim Gezi Park protests. Although finally he won the combat of Gezi Park, this
did not satisfied his narcissistic personalty and to gain an absolute authority
on the country to drive it backwards to the Ottoman style Islamic State
formation, he started to insist on to be the first president of postmodern,
neo-Ottoman Islamic Turkish Republic. A few people, once again claimed that he
is running for a kind of sultanate, but it was again impossible to attract the
attention of million but some of the liberals, libertens, democrats, leftists
or in other words -so-called- “brandly new generated opinion leaders” seemed
that they have turned their faces against Erdogan. Thus, public opinion surveys
did not satisfy the dictator as some sort of things were not going so well as
his belivers used to belive. Neither economy, nor the Kurdish problem, nor the
relations with the neighbors were all quite on the eastern front any more.
Although,
the“brandly new generated opinion leaders” supported Erdogan’s eager to privatize
all of the values of Kemalist Turkey has produced in 80 years; economic status of the country was rapidly
going down. It turned out that, Erdogan’s commitments on democratic and social rights
of the Kurdish society was an absolute fake. Inspite of Atatürk’s foreign
policy based upon “peace at home, peace in the World”, Erdogan choose “fight at
home, fight in the World” strategy -which is a very predictable consequance of
the way of thinking of a narcissistic personality of the bloody dictators of
the World history –until the proclimation of his absolute sultanate, as he is
going to rule the World in peace under his sick mystisizm. Following the coming
out of every corroptional case, or governments support for ISIS, or his
ministers winks on industrial accidents as they have some dirty relations with
their governing, or the disclaimer of the youth against freedom, or the
massacre of Kurds, it end up with another Decree and “Erdogan’s State” suspended the personal
liberties listed in the Weimar Constitution, including the rights of personal
freedom, freedom of opinion, freedom of the press, freedom of organization and
assembly, and privacy of communication. Non of those anti-democratic Decree’s
were able to divert the sliding down of the AKP’s central power and once again
nothing was all quite on the eastern front any more. Reffering
once again his “Führer’s” strategies as he reffered in every critical step of
his governing, he had to put his very last act on the stage: Reichtag…
On the
evening of February 27, 1933, Hitler was at a dinner party in Joseph Goebbels’
home, the Reichstag fire was set-up. About a month after the Reichstag fire in
Germany Adolf Hitler took over Germany and became the Chancellor. The Reichstag
fire was a last nail in the coffin of the basic freedoms in Germany. The fire
was soon blamed on a Communist named Marinus van der Lubbe.
On the
evening of July 15, 2016, Erdogan was in a summer house in the last dictator of
Turkey’s, Evren’s town, the bombing of Assembly was set-up. About a week after
the Assembly’s fire in Turkey Erdogan took all the power on himself and became
the Cinc. The Assembly’s fire was a last nail in the coffin of basic freedoms
in Turkey. The fire soon bloomed on some anti-democrat named Fetullah Gulen.
On the
day following the Reichstag fire, juridical order was suspended by the Decree
of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State (Verordnung
des Reichspräsidenten zum Schutz von Volk und Staat). The decree involved
the suspension of individual and civil liberties. The decree authorized the
government to take complete control in the federal states and impose the death
penalty for a number of crimes. In fact, Goering wanted to hang the arsonist on
the spot right after his arrest.
On the
days following the Assembly fire, juridical order was suspended by the Decree
of the Assembly for the Protection of Democracy and State. The decree involved
the suspension of individual and civil liberties. The decree authorized the
government to take complete control in the country and implied the death penalty for a number of
crimes. In fact, anti-laics cut one of the innocent, unaware young soldiers
throat on the Street and shouted to bring the death penalty back.
Whether
the responsibility of the anti-Nazis or the Nazis themselves were behind the Reichtag
fire or not, what was substantial is, what
came out of the hell: Absolute Fascisizm.
Whether
the responsibility of the anti-Erdogan’s or the Erdogan himself is behind the Assebly
fire or not, what was substantial is, what
came out of the hell: Absolute Fascisizm.
The tv
channels started broadcasting his coup d’detat look-a-like mise-en-scéne live from
Ankara and Istanbul, not during the dawn but despite the accustomed set-up of
all of the military coups of the World history, at “prime time”. Shortly after,
the military released a statement saying that the “military has seized all
power in Turkey” through the state tv channel TRT. And again very shortly after this, the
military withdraw itself from the so-called occupied TRT, and the bridges, and
the streets. There seemed to be a bombing of Turkish Parliament building but
there were no serious damages although the traces of F16’s rockets hitting
their targets but sonics were completing the mise-en-scéne. And before dawn,
the pilots surrended and the curtain closed with a big applause of the crowd.
And the
very next day the State’s Decree suspended
the personal liberties, including the rights of personal freedom, freedom of
opinion, freedom of the press, freedom of organization and assembly, and
privacy of communication with an aggrevated manner . according to the lists of
intelligance service arrestments started.
Once
again with a neckbreaking speed 10.000’s of people displaced, interrrogated and
arrested and the end of the story brought the absolute power to Erdogan with
the proclamation of state of emergency. However one cannot stop himself to ask,
how come they could not stop the cuop d’etat before it started if they had
those lists in their hands.
Within
two hours, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was live on FaceTime and he urged
the people to go to the public squares and the airport and defend the nation.
Soon afterwards, there were echoes of calls to prayer from multiple minarets
although it was not prayer time. I read later that there were also calls for
action by Imams against the military urging people to take to the streets.
Joining
the echo of the calls to prayers were the loud noises of military jets flying
over Istanbul skies. The combination of these sounds made me think that yes,
these were the sounds of the funeral of free speech, critical thinking, and any
other remnants of liberal democratic process in Turkey. This coup was a
mise-en-scéne or not, one thing was certain: there would no longer be room in
Turkey for people who can listen, read, analyze, and think critically.
According
to the “brilliant” Western policies, that Turkey could be a “sample” for a kind
of Democratic- Islamic country, the cablestones to the hell was implanted by
the domestic liberal, liberten, democrat, so-called leftist or in
other words “brandly new generated opinion leaders” of Turkey, during
the celebration of the funeral of Atatürk’s model of Laic-Democracy within the
past decades and consequently with the siren-like echoes of calls to prayer and
military jets, Turkey became a land only for true believers without a sing of
true democracy. GAME OVER…
