“We are getting rid of 100 years of narcosis.”
This sentence is not a blunder. This sentence is an orientation. It is a statement of mentality.
This phrase, coined by Ali Yalçın, is a clear expression of the desire to settle accounts with the Republic. Because what you call “narcosis” is this country's struggle for independence. The will of this people. It is the story of this land becoming a homeland.
The Republic is a historical break in which servitude was eliminated, citizens were created and the people had a say. To call it “anesthesia” is to ignore these achievements. Let's say it more clearly: This is an ideological choice.
What is even more striking is this: Those who say these words sit in those seats precisely thanks to the opportunities provided by the Republican order they criticize. Rising with the rights offered by the principle of equal citizenship and then targeting that ground is not only a contradiction; it is also a serious problem of legitimacy.
It is not just a question of words.
The question is what labor organizations serve.
Trade unionism is not a place to gain a position by staying close to the ruling circles. Labor organizations are not political springboards, but structures that defend the rights of the working people. When this line is deviated from, it is not only the organizations that suffer, but directly the labor struggle itself.
Those who have a problem with the Republic have a clear problem: equal citizenship, secularism and popular sovereignty. Because these values are based on the will of the people, not privileges.
Epilogue:
The Republic is the foundation of this country. Those who call it “narcosis” are temporary, the Republic is permanent.