Wearing a badge for someone who speaks racism is legitimizing not just a person, but an understanding. Standing against language that insults a people is a supra-political responsibility.
The issue that has been talked about for days is actually very clear.
While Arif Kocabıyık's harsh and insulting words against the Armenian people are obvious, the fact that he comes here today and is given a badge raises only one question: Is it that easy? How can a language that was unacceptable yesterday be ignored today?
This is not about one person. Not a person, but a people have been insulted.
And it is not such a light word. But it is treated as if it was never said.
But wearing a badge does not erase the past. The word stays where it is.
We need to be clear here: We cannot normalize a language that calls a people “bastards”. This is a matter of conscience before politics.
Politics is not only about votes, but also about setting boundaries. What is acceptable and what is not...
Today this is the issue. We don't know who will be tomorrow.
But what is kept silent today will be normalized tomorrow.
For me, the issue is simple: you cannot be a party to the insult of a people.
And if it is, it is not politics.