There is no point in beating around the bush anymore.
The CHP is not experiencing a crisis today.
CHP today loss of identity.
And this loss is not due to external pressures,
It is formed by its own hand, by its own cadres, by its own choice.
Therefore, what happened is not a “victimization story”,
is a story of internal dissolution.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's name is mentioned at every opportunity.
But the essence of his understanding of politics:
- accountability
- merit
- Discipline
is being consciously abandoned.
This is not negligence.
It's a choice.
And politics is the sum of choices.
Corruption: No longer defensible with “but”
Butler
Bolu... Bursa...
Istanbul
And other municipalities under investigation, including but not limited to these...
If anyone still explains the picture that emerges when you put these names side by side as “exceptions”,
Either he doesn't want to see the truth or he is part of this system.
Because there are no singular events here.
There is a repetitive structure.
If public resources are distributed according to personal relationships,
municipal facilities become an extension of private life,
“If phrases like ”I will pay for the damage out of my pocket" are normalized...
This is no longer a mistake.
This is the system.
A Problem of Mechanism, Not Names
Ertan Stars
St. Ihsan Aktaslar
The common feature of the debates around these names is this:
The problem is being talked about in terms of individuals,
but the mechanism that builds the system is not questioned.
But the real issue is this:
How do these people get inside these structures?
Who is the reference?
Who is supervising?
If a political structure constantly produces controversial figures,
the problem there is not the individual:
is the collapse of the filter mechanism.
Dangerous Threshold The Language of Legitimization
But this is where the real break begins.
Corruption allegations and judicial processes,
redefined in the language of political struggle.
In some discourses, these processes are even drawn into the same plane as historical resistances.
With the struggle of the Deniz Gezmis
to tell today's controversial cases in the same framework...
This is not just an error of discourse.
This is the collapse of concepts.
Because what is being done at this point is not analysis:
legitimization.
And when a political structure starts to legitimize,
loses the capacity to right its own wrong.
This is what is happening in the CHP today:
- Not a communication problem
- It is not a staffing issue
A crisis of meaning.
- The line between right and wrong has been erased
- The reflex of accountability is lost
- The system has become self-defeating
And from this point on, the problem is no longer outside:
He's inside.
MORAL DECLINE POWER, CONGRESS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS
Congress: The Fable of Change, the Reality of Power
The CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress was presented as a “turning point”.
But here's the truth:
This congress was a repetition of the most classic method we have seen in Turkish politics for a long time:
Power has been redistributed, but the method has not changed.
Who wrote the delegates?
Which lists were shaped by which negotiations?
Who was pushed out of the system?
None of these questions have been answered openly and transparently.
Because it cannot be given.
Because the moment the answer is given, the discourse of “change” collapses.
So what is happening here is not a transformation:
is a controlled transfer of power.
And this is not just a management debate,
is a question of legitimacy.
Because politics does not only produce results.
How that result is reached is politics itself.
Lawmakers with Padded Proxies: Politics of Comfort, Not Principle
What did the CHP say for years?
“Immunities should be lifted.”
“Let everyone be tried.”
This was the party's strongest moral claim.
And today?
What happens when the same situation arises from within?
- Silence
- Delay
- Do not ignore
At this point, the law is not the issue.
Moral backbone.
If a political structure applies its principle only against its opponent,
the name of that principle is not a principle.
It is a tool.
And instrumentalized morality is the most dangerous mechanism to destroy a party from within.
Because after this point, there is no longer a distinction between right and wrong.
Only this calculation is done:
“Will this hurt us or not?”
IBB Concentration of Power and Immunity
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is no longer just a local government.
There is a power center.
And like every center of power, the further it moves away from criticism, the more it generates its own impunity.
At this point today:
Every criticism of IBB is labeled as either “betrayal” or “defamation”.
This reflex is very familiar.
Because where there is this reflex:
- No transparency
- No audit
- No accountability
What will replace it?
A culture of commitment.
A culture of commitment leads to the following result:
- Merit is withdrawn
- Loyalty rises
- Decision-making becomes relational
From this point on, it is no longer an institution,
from a network structure is mentioned.
Problems in the CHP today:
- Not superficial
- Not temporary
Structural and moral.
- Comfort instead of principle
- Control instead of transparency
- Loyalty instead of control
When this triad is entrenched, it does not produce politics.
It protects itself.
And a structure that protects itself,
eventually loses its connection to society.
RESPONSIBILITY, RECKONING AND THE INEVITABLE END
Voter: You Have the Biggest Responsibility
It is necessary to start with the most disturbing but most true sentence:
If the CHP has become like this, the responsibility does not lie solely with its leaders.
The voter is also responsible.
Because no political structure comes to this point without being questioned.
“Now is not the time.”,
“Criticism hurts.”,
“Anyone who says, ”There is no alternative anyway"...
Consciously or unconsciously, they contribute to the continuation of this order.
But politics is not about support,
is to supervise.
Any structure that is not supervised will deteriorate.
And this is exactly what is happening today.
Remembering Atatürk's name is not enough
It is easy to refer to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
What is difficult is to carry his understanding of politics.
His words are more relevant today than ever:
“The independence of the nation will be saved by the determination and resolve of the nation.”
Today, the equivalent of this statement is this:
Neither the headquarters will save the CHP,
neither media,
nor campaigns.
Only its own base saves it.
But for that, one must first face this reality:
The problem is not outside.
It's inside.
No More Excuses
The CHP is not at a crossroads today.
That stage has already passed.
The CHP faces two options today:
- Either he will clean himself
- Or it will experience a historical collapse
There is no third way.
Because this is what is happening today:
- not an isolated incident
- not temporary
- not tolerable
Systematic.
Forced Solution: Cleanup and Re-establishment
If you really want a way out, it is not through rhetoric, by mechanism.
The inevitable steps are:
- Transparency should be mandatory
- Independent internal audit should be established
- Restructure the congress and delegate system
- Zero tolerance on corruption allegations
And most importantly:
The grassroots must not remain silent.
Because it's the only thing that changes upstairs,
is pressure from below.
The Ultimate Truth Clean Up or Collapse
There is no gray area anymore.
Either this structure will be cleansed from within by force,
or it will collapse by its own internal decay.
This is inevitable.
Because politics does not survive only on the past.
It stands with confidence.
And when trust is lost,
even the most entrenched structures fall apart.
There is only one question before everyone today:
Are you going to be part of this order?,
or the will to change this order?
But nobody can say tomorrow:
“We didn't know.”