Those who once lectured on morality over the bank actions of Deniz Gezmiş and his friends must look in the mirror today. If an action that was denounced yesterday as “robbery” is being carried out today in other, more insidious, more covert ways, there is a clear double standard here.
Allegations of corruption, especially against the municipalities of the Republican People's Party, are no longer whispered about, but have turned into a loudly spoken outrage in large segments of society.
If the people's money is transferred to a handful of interest groups through tender games, nepotism and rent-seeking, this is not governance, it is outright plunder.
Yesterday, at least the ideologically motivated protests were open; whoever did them stood behind them.
Today, there are relationships that revolve in dark corridors, executives who shun transparency and a mentality that is far from accountability.
This is not only political decay, but also a grave betrayal of society.
Municipalities exist to serve the people, not to fill someone's coffers.
Those seats are not offices, they are entrusted.
Whoever betrays that trust, no matter which party they belong to, it is not a political mistake, it is a moral failure.
No one should fool anyone anymore. The public is not stupid.
People who can't fill their nets in the market, who can't pay their rent, who can't make ends meet, see where the money from their own pockets is being spent.
And this anger is growing.
Politics is not a screen to hide dirty hands.
Either you will stay clean or you will remain under that dirty order.
Because the patience and memory of this people are much stronger than you think.