“Is the phrase ”the peasant is the master of the nation" just a nostalgic motto hanging on the walls today, or is it still a state policy?
The answer is bitter:
In 2025 Turkey, the peasant is no longer the master of the nation, nor is he on the agenda of the Parliament.
Because that peasant, the so-called master, is no longer in the Assembly.
If it exists, it has no voice. It has no authority. It has no decision.
Who is in Parliament and Who is not?
600 members of parliament...
You look at the occupational distribution:
Business person 158
Lawyer: 122
Academician 42
Educator: 37
Economist: 33
Doctor: 32
What about the farmer?
Agricultural engineer?
Vet?
Cooperative?
It's almost non-existent.
This is no longer a coincidence.
This is the deliberate exclusion of agriculture from politics.
This is the exclusion of the producer from the table.
A Ruling Mind Detached from the Field
Today, there are those in Parliament who talk about diesel fuel not by the liter, but by the tender file.
There are those who know fertilizer not by its bag but by its screen graphics.
Those who have never gotten soil on their shoes are writing agricultural policy.
How many people know how much a crop costs in the field?
How many MPs understand what the floor price means in the farmer's life?
The answer is clear:
Very, very little.
Because politics is no longer done in the village room, but on plaza floors.
Why was Agriculture Eliminated from Politics?
Ataturk period:
The farmer was sacred.
Production was state policy.
Cooperatives were widespread.
Ziraat Bank was the farmers' bank.
What happened today?
Ziraat Bank has become a fund for big financial circles, not the sweat of the farmers' brow.
Agriculture has become a window dressing that is forgotten 365 days a year and remembered only from election to election.
Farmers are at foreclosure gates,
Fields are under debt,
Young people are fleeing the village,
The earth is orphaned...
But the Parliament does not hear this cry.
The Real Danger: Lack of Representation
The peasant continues to produce but is not represented.
The unrepresented producer is left alone.
Left alone, the producer becomes poorer.
The impoverished producer stops producing.
The end of this chain is obvious: Food crisis. Dependence on imports. National security deficit.
But the Parliament is still watching.
The Last Word is Clear and Firm
If there are no villagers in the Assembly, it is not the Assembly of the nation.
A politics that forgets agriculture is cutting the vein that sustains the nation.
The question to be asked today is this:
Is the peasant still the master of this nation, or is he a figurehead abandoned to poverty, debt and fate?
The answer to this question will determine not only agriculture but also the future of Turkey.